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Readers Gallery
From Fine Woodworking Issue #180
Tony Kubalak
Kubalak learned to build this Chippendale-style chair in a class taught by Gene Landon at the Olde Mill Cabinet Shoppe in York, Pa. It took five years to construct, during which time Kubalak refined his carving skills enough to execute the intricate details. The chair (24-1/2 in. deep by 28-3/4 in. wide by 41-1/8 in. tall) is made of mahogany and upholstered with cotton damask. The finish is walnut dye, oil stain, shellac, and wax.
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Jamie Pappas
A restorer of antique furniture, Pappas borrowed design elements from the many pieces he had worked on over the years to build this Regency-style chessboard. It is constructed from solid mahogany, and the game board is veneered with satinwood and palisander squares. The piece also is elaborately decorated with scroll-cut brass inlay set into palisander, ebony, and amaranth veneers. Much of the intricate scrollwork was done on a treadle-operated jigsaw.
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Cosmo A. Barbaro
Good jazz can affect us in all sorts of positive ways, including how we design things made from wood. Indeed, Barbaro told us the Benny Goodman tune “Don’t Be That Way” was the inspiration for this whimsical lamp. The piece is 19 in. deep by 17 in. wide by 25 in. tall. It’s made from redwood burl, cherry, and ebony and finished with Bartley’s gel varnish.
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Rich Chapple
Chapple, who has been building Craftsman-style furniture for six years, stumbled upon this uncommon piece while flipping through Making Authentic Craftsman Furniture (Dover, 1986). The chest (25 in. deep by 44-1/2 in. wide by 56 in. tall) is made of quartersawn white oak, poplar, and mahogany, with aromatic cedar for the drawer bottoms. It required 228 pieces of wood and took approximately 260 hours to build. It is finished with aniline dyes, pigment stains, shellac, and wax.
Photo: Glen Erikson Photography |
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