Curly Maple - Page 5 of 8

Woodworker: Todd GravesIn designing this chair, Graves used bent laminations joined at compound angles in order to form a back that is comfortable, yet elegant. The contrast of woods...

Woodworker: Gerald Curry In order to give himself the leeway to develop a sense of his own style, Curry has built almost exclusively on speculation since forswearing reproductions in 2000.…

Woodworker: Gerald Curry The splayed form of Curry's chest of drawers reflects his affection for Chinese case pieces with canted sides. But the chest itself, he says, "is constructed as…

Woodworker: Gerald Curry Curry's venture into asymmetry-impelled by a gallery requesting "avant garde" work for a show-is still rooted in traditional technique. The case is dovetailed at the corners...

Woodworker: Gerald Curry Some of Curry's contemporary designs are inspired by favorite period pieces-in this case, the classic late 18th, early 19th-century demi-lune table. Curry created a handsome...

Woodworker: Gerald Curry When Curry began designing contemporary furniture, he didn't leave old processes behind. In all his pieces, he says, "the construction is 18th century-hand-cut dovetails...

Woodworker: Malcolm Tibbetts For this chess ensemble (chairs, table, and chess pieces), Tibbetts cut almost 4,000 pieces of wood (such as myrtlewood, ebony, and curly maple). Yet the project took...

Woodworker: Anatole Burkin This small box took Burkin 30 hours to create, with a big chunk of the time spent tweaking the design, The box is made of sapele, curly maple, and spalted…

  Well this one took much longer to finish up then I ever expected. But it’s finally done. This was for my wife’s birthday (now 11 months ago). The entire…

This is lumber from a maple tree that stood in one of my former professors front yard. He asked me if I wanted the stump 39" x 11', because he…