This is a slightly modified shaker candle stand, after the Hancock pattern, made of spalted cherry with an oil and shellac finish.
The wood, from a tree in El Dorado County, CA, had been down and dried in the log about ten years when I got a few small pieces. I promptly resawed it, saw the figure, and bookmatched and edge-jointed pieces to make panels large enough to make the top and legs. The post is made out of the crack-free stable center of a log just barely large enough for it.
The legs are joined to the post with hand-cut sliding dovetails. I know that router jigs are more accurate, but hand-cut requires less setup, and I enjoy the process.
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That Shaker design is so elegant, and in cherry is hard to beat. But spalted cherry . . . now that's beyond nice!
Thank you. Very kind comment. My wife likes it & won't let me sell it.....
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