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Originally Posted by kach22i
Nice work, looks like it is in the right kind of house to frame it.
Went to your website, in the mid-1980's while still in architecture school my then future wife and I went to the Wendell Castle exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts. I could not afford the $100 book, but bought a few postcards of his work.
These lamps I made at about that time were influenced by his work and something I saw at a high end furniture store call the House of Denmark.
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Well done! Wendell was building his tall clock series when I was there. There was one of them in a Museum in Bellevue WA a few years back.
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Originally Posted by rusnak
Custom sawn veneer from client's vineyard tree
^ This is the part that has me "?!!"
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They own a vineyard in Napa CA. There was a hundred year old Eucalyptus tree that had gotten dangerous so they took it down and had it rough milled into lumber. The original intent was to use it for flooring so the boards are all rough 1 x 5 ( would final mill to 3/4 x 3 1/2 tongue and groove). I took it in rough form and sawed it into 1/8" thick book-matched veneer and glued it to plywood substrate. Insane amount of work... I've built a couple of pieces for them from it, including their front door. House is very well designed MCM / Contemporary, so this style of work fits well. Several shots on my website, including the wood and metal dining set.
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