![Sit and Spin Coffee Table/Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_fc1e2c4d96.jpeg 1565w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_eb089b3ad2.jpeg 725w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_df8686b8af.jpeg 320w)
Sit and Spin Coffee Table/Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 21 × 64 × 20Live edge walnut and ebonized sapele coffee table with integrated turntable featuring Rega parts.
- About
Born and raised in Florida, Joel studied art, architecture, and design in New York and Europe before earning a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies. As part of these studies, he interned in carpentry, architecture, and urban planning.
Joel defected from academia in 1997 to return to designing and making things as a renovation carpenter in the California Bay Area. Over time, his carpentry shifted towards fine woodworking, and he made his first audio turntable, and founded his company Audiowood in 2008.
Joel’s work has been featured in art, design and audio exhibitions across the US. And he was named a “Person to Watch” and a “Tech Designer to Watch” by New Orleans Magazine and Apartment Therapy, respectively.
Audiowood designs have also won numerous awards at art shows and craft fairs, including “Most Unique Work” at New Orleans’ Jazz Fest in 2015 and 2018, and they are featured in dozens of major international publications including The New York Times, California Home and Design, Inked, Velvet (Italy), Wired (Germany), Visi (South Africa), Design (Taiwan), The Daily Mail (UK), BoingBoing, Cool Hunting, Apartment Therapy, Thrillist, etc.
Over the years, Joel has partnered with a wide variety of international and local interests, including Uncrate, Bushmills, Anthropologie, Paramount Pictures, Adrian Grenier’s SHFT, Kemble Interiors, and both WWOZ Radio and The Green Project in New Orleans.
Joel was recently awarded a patent for an innovative approach to modular housing design, and he’s currently producing a “science fictional” series of organic, kinetic sculptures, that tap into themes of sustainability and post-apocalyptic survival gadgetry. Joel began work on the latter project in Spring/Summer 2021 as an Artist in Residence at the Joan Mitchell Center.
Joel has lived in New Orleans since 2013.
- Region
- New orleans, LA
- Website
- www.audiowood.com
- Media
- Wood, concrete
- Professional Status
- Designer/maker
- Status
- Member until Feb 2, 2024
Portfolio
![Big Easy Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48485/fullsizeoutput_148d_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48485/fullsizeoutput_148d_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
![Big Easy Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48485/fullsizeoutput_148d_43899247e8.jpeg)
Big Easy Turntable
wood, glass, aluminum 7 × 23 × 16Solid walnut turntable with Rega parts.
Sound Garden Turntable/Planter
bamboo, aluminum, steel 12 × 31 × 15Solid bamboo plywood turntable with Music Hall parts.
Mermaid Speakers
wood 38 × 16 × 16Solid Poplar speakers with Audience full-range drivers.
![Redwood Burl Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48482/IMG_3958_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48482/IMG_3958_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
![Redwood Burl Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48482/IMG_3958_43899247e8.jpg)
Redwood Burl Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 8 × 20 × 16Redwood turntable with Ortofon Tonearm, Groovetracer, and Rega parts.
![Sit and Spin Coffee Table/Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
![Sit and Spin Coffee Table/Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48481/IMG_5074_43899247e8.jpeg)
Sit and Spin Coffee Table/Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 21 × 64 × 20Live edge walnut and ebonized sapele coffee table with integrated turntable featuring Rega parts.
![Kilauea Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48477/fullsizeoutput_31_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48477/fullsizeoutput_31_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
![Kilauea Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48477/fullsizeoutput_31_43899247e8.jpeg)
Kilauea Turntable
wood, aluminum, brass, delrin 9 × 27 × 18Ebonized maple turntable with SME, Groovetracer, and Rega components.
![Walnut Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48478/fullsizeoutput_e02_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48478/fullsizeoutput_e02_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
![Walnut Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48478/fullsizeoutput_e02_43899247e8.jpeg)
Walnut Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 7 × 18 × 16Figured walnut turntable with Rega parts.
![Black Barky Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48474/Black-Barky-turntable-2_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48474/Black-Barky-turntable-2_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
![Black Barky Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48474/Black-Barky-turntable-2_43899247e8.jpg)
Black Barky Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 6 × 16 × 16Ash round turntable with Rega parts kit.
![Time Thing 1](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48483/fullsizeoutput_12c9_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48483/fullsizeoutput_12c9_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
![Time Thing 1](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48483/fullsizeoutput_12c9_43899247e8.jpeg)
Time Thing 1
concrete, wood, glass 28 × 11 × 12Concrete Nixie tube clock.
Fire Tree Lamp
wood, gourds 26 × 14 × 7Walnut, manzanita and gourd lamp.
![Pecky AV Console](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48476/Pecky1_a444470d05.jpg 640w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48476/Pecky1_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
![Pecky AV Console](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48476/Pecky1_43899247e8.jpg)
Pecky AV Console
wood 30 × 84 × 20Solid walnut and pecky cypress AV console.
![Thoreau Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48484/P1030472_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48484/P1030472_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
![Thoreau Turntable](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/joel-scilley/48484/P1030472_43899247e8.jpg)
Thoreau Turntable
wood, aluminum, glass 7 × 19 × 16Redwood turntable with Rega parts.