Mike Lyon

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Lennie Berkowitz Knock Apart Stool

June 24, 2002 By Mike Lyon

Lennie Berkowitz, retired director of the Cohen Berkowitz Gallery, gave me an unusual commission — a kitchen stool for her Cabo San Lucas home which she could pack up in a suitcase and assemble herself in Mexico. So I made her a knock-apart stool, complete with detailed assembly instructions… This is one of my “typical” […]

Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: African Teak, Assembly Instructions, Bottom Edges, Box Kite, Cabo San Lucas, Chinese Puzzle, Fasteners, Glue, Kitchen Stool, Legs, Lennie, Match, Mexico, Notches, Photo, Shape, Sharp Edges, Stools, Suitcase, Top And Bottom

Torii Stool

June 24, 1999 By Mike Lyon

OK, this has to be my best stool. I can’t keep my eyes off it. Proportions are just right, the seat so organically curved, the joints well formed and tight. It’s pretty perfect. And one leg (must be the back one in this photo) has the most beautiful open knot just above the knee. I was looking for the feel […]

Filed Under: Furniture Tagged With: Back Of My Mind, Joints, Knot, Lacquer Finish, Miyajima Island, Photo, Proportions, Stools, Torii Gate, Wood Cuts

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