Sean spent almost a year working with the client to come up with the final design of these pieces. “It was a challenging project that was, at times, a process of going backwards, but the result was well worth all the effort,” he said. He used veneer, bent lamination, hand-cut and coped joinery, and relief carving. For the relief-carved tree branches, Sean created thin but stable floating panels. The bent laminated circles were keyed into the frame to ensure perfect alignment of the halves.

Quartersawn anigre, curly maple, maple

Hutch: 16D x 52W x 84H, Sideboard: 20D x 48W x 30H

—Sean Lambkin, Staunton, Va.

From Fine Woodworking #306

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