Antler table

[Bill Carey]

Three years ago I was loking for another project to start, but wanted to stretch things a bit design wise. Looking at MacIntosh and Limbert furniture I was taken by their use of negative space – how by leaving something out they had enhanced what was there. How the negative space was the first thing you noticed, and how it actually defined what the structure was. In most Stickley designs, you have this formidable Thing that defines itself by its mass and substance and joinery. It is There – and I love Stickley furniture. Anyway, this is what I came up with trying to combine subtle curves (the legs are mirrored and flipped top to bottom) and negative spaces. My grandson thought the side rails looked like antlers, so there ya go. Thanks for looking.

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[Howard Pollack]

Nice Bill! I like the lightness of it. -Howard

[Ron Citerone]

That is so cool! Love it!

[Lee Schierer]

Interesting design. How is the top attached to the base? Tell us more about your finish and joinery.

[Bill Carey]

Thanks gents.

The joinery is all mortise and tenon, except for the attachment of the top which is by figure 8 clips. I routed out for the 8 clips a bit deeper than the clip so that the top was pulled snug to the base. There was no measuring for the mortises - I just laid out the side pairs of legs with the side rails and a spacer captured between them and marked the layout. The cherry got 5 coats of Minwax wipe on poly.
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[Mark Rainey]

I like it Bill. Unique and interesting.

[Christian Hawkshaw]

Very nice. And yes, I do see the antlers.

[Scott Winners]

I like this a lot Bill. It should be perfectly sturdy it looks like, but also not cookie cutter.