This desk and gallery was inspired by Christian Becksvoort. An old friend gave me a supply of black walnut cut from a farm near my hometown of Harrow Ontario and I wanted to do something special with it in his honour. When the FWW June 2020 article came out it talked to me.  Combining 2 sets of historic plans and one modern set it became a great winter pandemic project. The gallery was the biggest challenge as I had never worked with pieces so fine before. I wanted to have the gallery stand out when the desk opened so I made the facings of drawers and doors with butternut.  The contrast of the  butternut is nearly and exact match to walnut sapwood making it a natural blend of woods. Thank you FWW and Christian for the inspiration and guidance.

Launch Gallery