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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #145
Timothy Waite
A few years ago, relatives gave Waite several wide, live-edge cherry boards, which he used to build this stereo cabinet (22 in. deep by 26 in. wide by 61 in. high). "All of the boards had cracks running the length of their centers," Waite said, so he split them lengthwise and reverse book-matched each pair. "The unique void created by the live-edge joint," he said, "not only adds visual interest but also provides ventilation for the audio equipment stored within." The case is accented with black walnut details and finished with Danish oil and wax.
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Sarah Christian
Christian designed this jewelry box (13-3/4 in. deep by 19-3/16 in. wide by 10-5/8 in. high) as she built it, working around the figure in the bird's-eye maple top. "The very top has a grayish, swirly figure that looked like clouds and forest hills in a Japanese landscape painting," she said. Bubinga and wenge are the other woods used in the piece. The finish is an oil-polyurethane mix.
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Timothy Simonds
Simonds, who once studied under marquetry master Silas Kopf, asked Diane Lawrence to draw the layout of the iris-motif panel from photos he took in his garden. The marquetry that resulted incorporates more than a dozen species of wood. The main carcase wood is Gonçalo alves. The sideboard is 20 in. deep by 70 in. wide by 39 in. tall. .
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Harry Williams
Many visitors to Williams' home, just below the Hollywood sign in California, have been fooled by the realism of his carvings. His work ranges from a peopled ship in a bottle to hutches to the occasional movie prop. Photo by Cally W. Caiozzo
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