Lake Table and Ten Chairs of Ipe

This was a major project.  A large table and ten chairs for our home at Lake Lotawana.  The wood for the table base and chairs is all ipe (ironwood) which is extremely dense and heavy (it sinks in water).  The wood is unfinished and weathers very well, but I later had to beef up the [...]

Cedar Stools

These four stools are made of well aged cedar, cut from a single rough construction beam. Each seat is reinforced with a pair of cedar inlays on the bottom with the grain running perpindicular to the seat itself. The joinery is all wedged through-tenons, with the mortises cut wider on the outside and the only [...]