18” X 17” X 63”

Walnut. Ash.

This slab of walnut sat in the studio for 18 months before it’s purpose became evident. I’ve always shared the desire with many woodworkers to tastefully defy the thought that “there’s nothing new under the sun” in furniture design. It’s a challenging quest to find the one or two elements that don’t look awkward or haven’t already been used by inverting this or rotating that (whenever I try this, my work seems to end up with an unintended asian feel).  As there are many familiar elements within this symmetric design, it was built to“elevate” the graceful swirling in the grain of this walnut slab.