Coffee Table with Floating Top, Sapele, 2023
Sapele / 2023 16"×42"×22"Full view of the second piece I built. This table, like my sapele end table, uses mortise and tenon joinery. I ended up having to unexpectedly splice in a 3″ piece of wood on the top to improve the proportions of the piece, but the grain matched well!
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Former ballerina, yoga instructor, architecture school grad, and aspiring woodworker
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Coffee Table with Floating Top, Sapele, 2023
Sapele / 2023 16"×42"×22"With this table, I used a different method of floating that was inspired by a Danish Modern piece I found online. These float rails were trickier to make than anticipated, but the final product came out well and I used this table daily at home.
Unfinished Hand-Tooled Windsor Chair, (Pine, Oak, and Maple), 2023
White Oak / 2023Spindle Detail — We hand shaped these spindles with a drawknife and spoke shave on the shave horse. Making spindles was my favorite part of the class and I really look forward to building (and finishing!) a Windsor Chair again.
King Bed Frame, Black Walnut, 2023
Walnut / 2023 36"×77"×81"Headboard and slat close-up. This was my first experience making something this large that required an interior structure. I made 3/4 ply carcase and used dowels, 1x4s for the slats, and threaded inserts to pull the whole thing together.
Rocker, Ebonized White Oak, 2024
White Oak / 2024 41"×26"×34"Close-up of the arm rests for this rocker. They were quite complex and difficult to execute, but I love how this angle really shows the sleekness of the shape.
Unfinished Hand-Tooled Windsor Chair, (Pine, Oak, and Maple), 2023
White Pine, White Oak, Maple / 2023Full chair view from a Windsor class with Aspen Golann. This was my first time using hand tools to shape a piece. It was challenging but I especially loved using the drawknife. I am dying to get more hand tool experience since taking this class!
Unfinished Hand-Tooled Windsor Chair, (Pine, Oak, and Maple), 2023
White Pine, White Oak, Maple / 2023Seat Detail — We used a travisher and card scrapers to shape the seats by hand. It was a long process that required a lot of finesse, but I liked the tactile nature of seat-shaping…using one’s hands to feel the curves of the seat and adjusting accordingly.
End Table with Floating Top, Sapele, 2023
Sapele / 2023 29"×16"×16"This image shows the full view of this end table with the new, simpler top that I made for it about a year after I built the original.
King Bed Frame, Black Walnut, 2023
Walnut / 2023 36"×77"×81"Full bed view. I built this bed for a friend of mine. The design was intentionally minimal. I felt the grain of this walnut was so beautiful and interesting that I needn’t disturb it with a complex design.
Rocker, Ebonized White Oak, 2024
White Oak, Cowhide / 2024 41"×26"×34"Built in Summer 2024 during a class in Bozeman. Each student got to select their wood, upholstery, and finish. I opted for a black on black aesthetic. It was my first time building with oak and my first time experimenting with ebonizing. Loved it!
Coffee Table with Floating Top, Sapele, 2023
Sapele / 2023 16"×42"×22"Full view of the second piece I built. This table, like my sapele end table, uses mortise and tenon joinery. I ended up having to unexpectedly splice in a 3″ piece of wood on the top to improve the proportions of the piece, but the grain matched well!
End Table with Floating Top, Sapele, 2023
Sapele / 2023 29"×16"×16"End Table Detail
End Table with Floating Top and Breadboard Ends, Sapele & Red Oak, 2022
Sappele, Red Oak / 2022 29"×16"×16"This image features the original top for this end table which had breadboard ends and red oak plugs. I have since made a new top which can be seen in the other images of this table. This was the first piece I ever built while I was taking shop class at MSU.
Rocker, Ebonized White Oak, 2024
White Oak / 2024 41"×26"×34"This image displays how well the ebonizing came out. I was nervous about it, since I had never done it before and was doing it on my own after the class had finished. But it brings out the grain in such a beautiful way. I am super happy with how it turned out.