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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #157
Ethan Hutchinson
This cherry bench (20 in. deep by 38 in. wide by 33 in. tall) took approximately 40 hours to complete and features contrasting ebony plugs. “My strongest influences are my grandfather, who built Queen Anne furniture, and Sam Maloof,” said Hutchinson. The bench is finished with a mixture of linseed oil, varnish and thinner.
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Chris Gochnour
This oval desk (42 in. deep by 72 in. wide by 31 in. tall) is made of curly maple, linden and Japanese pagoda and is finished with aniline dyes, oil pigments and lacquer. To build the desk, Gochnour used trees from the grounds of the Utah State Capitol that were downed after a tornado screamed though Salt Lake City in 1999. The desk resides in the governor’s office as part of the permanent collection of the Utah State Capitol.
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Carter Sio
Sio, a woodworker and teacher at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania, built this cherry music-storage cabinet (17 in. deep by 19 in. wide by 52 in. tall) for a client who wanted a place to store her music books. Keeping with the Stickley motif of the client’s home, Sio constructed the sides and back of the cabinet with small floating panels with a floating spline between each panel. He also gave the piece a musical feel by using turned rosewood viola pegs for drawer handles. The cabinet is finished with a tung oil, varnish and thinner mixture.
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Peter Presnell
Commissioned by a couple in Napa, California, this sideboard (18 in. deep by 72 in. wide by 35 in. tall) serves as a companion piece to a dining table and chairs that Presnell made for the same clients several years before. Made of solid cherry, the piece features black maple and claro walnut drawer pulls and has a hand-rubbed oil and varnish finish.
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