Here is a small table I made that stands 27" high and 18" in diameter.
The ash legs are tapered, bent laminates. The supports are solid ash tapered from the center outward and also tapered top to bottom.
The top is glued up of local cherry.
To make the leaf design I selected leaves from my backyard and the local park. I intentionally used asymmetrically shaped leaves. I placed them in a clockwise overlapping pattern hoping to create a visually pleasing flow. I drew the pattern on paper and traced it on the cherry top. I lowered all the surface surrounding the leaves using a router, trim router, and gouges. The leaves were then hand-carved with gouges. I carved each second or third leaf so a part of it would slightly hang over the edge of the table's perimeter so the design wouldn't feel as if it were trapped by the table's routed edge.
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