
Dining Sideboard 2
Walnut, New Guinea Walnut, WengeBook-matched live-edge walnut with the live edges turned in gives a unique look to the ends of these sideboards.

- About
I am an anthropologist and designer/maker of custom furniture. As an anthropologist and woodworker, I strive to let the ideas and experience of the client guide the design and process of creating a piece of art or furniture. Designing a piece and working the materials into final form both play their parts in the lived experience of the maker and the client. I like to conduct an ethnography, of sorts, of a potential space for my work to reside- the aesthetic and experience of the client, the lived-in space, how a piece will be interacted with, observed and connected with- all these guide design. Over the past 20 years I have worked as an anthropologist doing public health research and development in West Africa and continue with that work today (www.couffo.org). My studio is in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where Shauna and I live with our two dogs, Kroeber and Lola.
- Region
- Santa fe, NM
- Website
- studiojleslie.com
- Media
- Wood and anything else.
- Professional Status
- Designer/maker
Portfolio

Bar Cabinet
Walnut, New Guinea Walnut and Wenge.This cabinet along with the dining sideboards and dining table make a set. All of the live edge walnut came from two book matched slabs that were 4 feet by 14 feet.

Nightstand
Walnut and AshBurl veneer drawer front.

Jewelry Cabinet
Walnut and Red OakAir-dried walnut gives beautiful color variation on the drawer fronts. Reclaimed red oak.

Dining Sideboard 2
Walnut, New Guinea Walnut, WengeBook-matched live-edge walnut with the live edges turned in gives a unique look to the ends of these sideboards.

Coffee Table
Walnut and GlassVaried slopes and angles and no parallel lines.

Tatami Bed Frame
Cherry and AlderBed frame fits two standard tatami mats. Burnt Umber Oil Finish. May be disassembled without need of tools.

Dressing Bench
Walnut and White OakNakashima inspired bench with live-edge slab.

Dining Sideboard
Walnut, New Guinea Walnut, WengeBook-matched live-edge walnut with the live edges turned in gives a unique look to the ends of these sideboards.

Dining Table
Walnut and SteelTable top with slip-matched and rotated slabs to accentuate crotch grain. Clear epoxy with jet stone inlay fill voids.