| Checked my email this morning and opened the latest Fine Woodworking e-letter and saw my rather modest shop called out as the Shop Of The Week. There are some pretty kick-butt shops posted there, so it is a honor to be considered one of the best. Just had to share the news. | ||||
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Selasa, 18 Oktober 2016
Quite an Honor and a surprise
Minggu, 15 Mei 2016
Sewing Center
Minggu, 08 Mei 2016
the southern vermont art center februarly solo exhibitions
2/17/2012 ... showtime this saturday ... except for two little pieces, were all set up ... the reception, free and open to the public, is tomorrow (saturday) from 2:00 - 4:00 ... lots, besides our furniture, to see there. the southern vermont arts center is an amazing campus and collection of galleries. this show is in the main building, and will run through march 19th. you can see the lineup below, and ill post a few photos of some of the other art on display later today .. stop by if you are in the area ... click the photos to enlarge them ...
recycled chestnut, milk paint and gold leaf. it is displayed on a stand made from toasted locust and polished 3/4" rebar. the locust was complements of my friend malcolm cooper and we had a good time figuring out how to make each of the pedestals interesting, yet not fussy ... you could display it like this, or hang it on the wall flat. same with the mirror in the other corner.
close up of the claro walnut table in the center of the room ... nice figure! more photos later ...
brad guarino
harry rich ... im not playing favorites here; its just that the light was low and i forgot my tripod. i was in a hurry, and these were the only two pictures that were even remotely in focus and they arent great ...more later maybe ...
1/29/2012
well, back around the fall of 2010, when business was really slow and looking to get slower, we agreed to do a show in manchester at the southern vermont art center, in the winter 2012. it seemed like a long time off at the time. now, not so far achoice ... in fact, until yesterday when i received my official invitation to the opening, i actually thought it was opening the 11th. so, in effect, i received a bonus week to work on my stuff. as it turns out, i think well mostly wrap it up this week, which will leave me with a pretty full finish room by friday, next week could get interesting as other pieces become ready for finishing. click the photos to enlarge them ...
1st up is a claro slab table about 45 x 88 with our standard steel shaker style base. we are still in the debate stage of blackened or polished base ... the blackened base is a little more subtle,, but also a little more work, and well, we can alchoices blacken it later but its not fun to get rid of the black patina later if someone wants a polished base.
i love the look when the varnish is wet, but i wouldnt want to live with a glossy finish unless i didnt plan on actually using the table. just the thought of dusting that shiny finish kills me ...
satin finish now ... much better ... 
the base needs a little more polishing, or blackening ... well see ...
and will just has to do the polish coat on this bureau, a half of the one we finished about this time last year.
we upgraded the hardware from lag bolts to graduated sam made drop pulls ..
and, since it will be sitting sort of in the middle of the room, we gave the back an extra nice green enamel paint job,
our theme is, loosely, wood and steel, colors and textures, and this is a recycled chestnut console that needs some scraping and planing, a few metal accents and some finish ... 
and in the far corner, well have one of our tapered mirrors on a stand. you can see here how it hangs if you want to attach i to a wall, there is an 8/4 corner block, (theres alchoices a stud in the corner) with a 5 inch wide piece of poplar screwed to that, and the there are plywood triangles screwed to the back of the mirror frame that screw through into the poplar ... very rigid when its done ... nice cherry!
weve got a couple of these in our house and one behind the boys computer in the office at the shop. they can definitely brighten up a corner.
the bench for the fireplace hearth is finished. the lounge chair is available if it fits, and i still have one more mirror to make. i posted the gold leafed mdf mockup a few weeks back, but i still have to make the real thing ... well be sharing the room with some very interesting marta johansen drawings below and i think the mirrors will reflect the whole room if i get them set up right. all for now ... updates as we progress .....
Selasa, 26 April 2016
the spaces we make
this piece was for another special client who was, to say the least, a collector. he pointed me to set of random shelves with items arranged lineally and told us to, as i recall make them make sense. the individual shelves are lit, the objects are all in original finishes, and while almost all were antiques, there were some most arresting, contemporary, maria martinez pieces in the mix. the duck decoys are all top shelf and represent just a tiny part of his 100 plus piece collection displayed throughout other areas of the house. it was also my first experience of seeing diebenkorns, milton averys, stuart davises, and georgia okeefe colorings in a private home.
and in preparation for a recovery from a hip transplant, we created this round and tapered tv stand in a corner of the bedroom. this was one of the first flat screen tvs i had ever seen and he encouraged me to stretch a little outside the box on the design. 
in 2003, we also created this double chest in quartered sycamore, along with a bed , side tables and a reclaimed chestnut tv piece.
this cherry and burl dining room set was another commission that created an intimate dining room on long island.
and sometimes, folks just want to have fun .... why not have your own custom home bar. we would have liked to make the stools too, but i think that would have been a stretch after the bar project. one of the most rewarding things we get to do in our work is to work with clients to produce their visions, and then visit those spaces later, after the fact, to see how they use and enjoy them ...
are we interior designers? not really, and certainly not all the time, but occasionally we get to start from nothing and create a warm and personal space for our clients with our designs, and that is a most rewarding experience.
below is an intimate dining table in a park avenue apartment that the clients helped me to design and they tell me still that they use it every day ..
more on interior design and a brief discussion of the influential book a pattern language by christopher alexander at this link
"At the core... is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets and communities. This idea... comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people". —Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language, front bookflapanother good one im reading right now is at home..a short history of private life by bill bryson.
my own office at work
a custom home office, danby, vt
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well be showing, along with other members of the guild of vermont furniture makers, at the helen day art center in a show that opens on the 18th of january, and runs through the 14th of april. well have 6 of our ladderback chairs below, with the table above. stowe is a powerful tourist/ski area in northern vermont, and we already have some new, and old, customers in that area. it should be a good show. click the photos to enlarge them ...
i dropped off our table and chairs at helen day yesterday and went to meet with one of my new stowe clients to make a template for a spark screen that sam will be making for an outdoor firepit at their home there.
and i also got to see the house in its finished form, including the cushion on the curved, fitted bench we made at the top of the three story circular stairchoice..we also previously made a hanging swing, which was fun, and a couple of other tables, including the main dining table and in other news, (back to thhe january 4, post) the table below, another in our niche of big claro walnut slab tables, will be leaving for dallas, texas next week sometime. its a great looking slab with nice grain and a powerful presence.
it had an interesting flaw that went completely through the slab and was about 3/4 of an inch wide at its widest point once the loose bark inclusion fell out. 
the next four images, including the greene and greene style desk and chair above, are for a husband and wife who are long time (25 years) clients, and for whom we have done many, many pieces. theres generally a discussion or two, a sketch or two, and then a negotiation or two, and than we do it .. in the end, the pieces alchoices seem to feel just right for their spaces.
table and chairs, 1987
coffee table, 1989 ... the challenge here was to not obscure the amazing carpet. i saw it this holiday season and the rug is as vibrant and arresting as ever. we took our main design cue from the rams head detail in the carpet design ..
loyal readers have seen this one before, but its from the same house as the three photos above.
in this kitchen we took our cue for the stools from the verticals on the island face, using a frank lloyd wright inspired stool design and a cherry counter top with a walnut and curly maple stripe down the center.
and in the next room, we built an entire greene and green inspired dining room with a custom sideboard and mirror, some wall sconces, an expanding table with 8 chairs, a hanging lantern and a corner cupboard that you can see reflected in the mirror. this work was all done in 2003, and the client liked it so much, we did another very similar version of this room in 2008, for another house he built in greenwich, ct. the detailing of the sideboard construction for that dining room was our most popular blog post ever.
in 2003, we also created this double chest in quartered sycamore, along with a bed , side tables and a reclaimed chestnut tv piece.and, working with the manager at the equinox hotel in manchester a few years back, we designed and fabricated this lighted corner display case where the hotel features its events. sometimes a little used, awkward corner space can become highlight of the area.
and this piece was another ambiance piece for a local hotel, the dorset inn, where it lived for almost 20 years until the inn changed hands recently and it went off to the former owners home, one of, i believe, the only pieces she retained when the inn was sold.
and sometimes, folks just want to have fun .... why not have your own custom home bar. we would have liked to make the stools too, but i think that would have been a stretch after the bar project. one of the most rewarding things we get to do in our work is to work with clients to produce their visions, and then visit those spaces later, after the fact, to see how they use and enjoy them ...are we interior designers? not really, and certainly not all the time, but occasionally we get to start from nothing and create a warm and personal space for our clients with our designs, and that is a most rewarding experience.
below is an intimate dining table in a park avenue apartment that the clients helped me to design and they tell me still that they use it every day ..
more on interior design and a brief discussion of the influential book a pattern language by christopher alexander at this link
"At the core... is the idea that people should design for themselves their own houses, streets and communities. This idea... comes simply from the observation that most of the wonderful places of the world were not made by architects but by the people". —Christopher Alexander, A Pattern Language, front bookflapanother good one im reading right now is at home..a short history of private life by bill bryson.
a custom home office, danby, vt |
| entry hall, manchester, vt |
Rabu, 06 April 2016
helen day arts center show
the chairs are ready to go ...
update 1/13i had to dig for a little bit to uncover it, but i think i got it ...
we filled it with our usual stuff and added a little color with some oil soluble aniline dyes from lockwood.
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