This post continues a series in which I’m building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. Where we left off the case bottom had been fitted to the base frame. With the case bottom now in place I’m ready to begin preparing the case sides and top. The panels are jointed and …
This post continues a series in which I’m building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. Where we left off the frame had been fully assembled and ready to support the case. In preparation for the casework, I’ve set aside the material needed many weeks prior in order to allow the material …
Hello and welcome. This post continues a series in which I’m building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. Where we left off the base frame was standing on its own. The base frame will accept a drawer which will serve as a support for the fold down desktop. …
Today’s post begins a series in which I am building a butler’s desk of American black walnut. A butler’s desk is a cabinet that converts into a desk concealing its function. A desk, standing on its own looks out of place without an accompanying chair and lamp, but a cabinet that …
Hello and welcome to my blog. Typically in my blog I am documenting projects as I build them, detailing each part of the build. However, this table was built in it’s majority last fall (before the blog) and has been completed just now. In my family, both my side and …
Hello and welcome! In this series I am building a walnut and gaboon ebony desktop humidor. This post will focus on the interior trays, made from spanish cedar and built in the method of kumiko. Kumiko is the lattice work in shoji and it can range from very simply designed to …
Hello and welcome to my Blog. In this series I am building a walnut and gaboon ebony humidor. This post will detail the build from sawing off the top to creating the base panel and beginning to install the Spanish cedar liners. To begin creating the liners I start by selecting the …
Hello and Welcome to my Blog. In this series I will building and seasoning a cigar humidor. The humidor case will be constructed of walnut and gaboon ebony and the interior liners will be constructed of Spanish cedar. Typically humidors of this style will be made of plywood or MDF with …
Hello and welcome back to my blog! Today’s post completes the process of building a frame for an original woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada. We left off with the inner frame having been completed. The next step in the building process is to prepare the outer frame’s stock. The …
Hello and welcome to my blog. In this installment I will be framing the art of Utagawa Kunisada, Ukiyo-e artist of 19th century Japan. Ukiyo-e are compositions created by using a series of woodblocks, one for each color, which when applied to paper form a completed image. This print is …