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Woodworker: Vejdi Avsar Vejdi built this piece based on an Eliel Saarinen-designed chair in Home Furniture #6. The original gets its stripes from black paint, but Vejdi wanted to use…

Woodworker: Kent TownsendTownsend estimates it took 500 hours to make this Ruhlmann-inspired sideboard. He set out to make a difficult piece because he enjoys complicated work; it forces a high…

Woodworker: Don GreenGreen designed this chest of drawers to have a modern look, but his construction methods were traditional. He hand-cut all the dovetails and used mortise-and-tenon and halflap...

Woodworker: Trish McCulloch McCulloch calls this piece a “modern hope chest” because it combines the traditional form with modern design, materials, and techniques. The interior walnut chest is a...

Woodworker: Billy B. McLaughlinMcLaughlin's inspiration for this piece came from a plain-front Queen Anne highboy he saw in a client's house. He decided to reproduce the piece, modifying it with…

Woodworker: R.J. SpomerThis dresser is from a bedroom set Spomer made on commission. The walnut for the carcase was salvaged from a nearby storm-damaged tree and the sweetgum drawer fronts…

Woodworker: Sergej Kirilov Kirilov designed this solid wenge table with a clever lock. In order to open the two double drawers, the decorated center pull has to be rotated to…

Woodworker: William Miller Miller’s vessel, influenced by ancient Grecian urns, is segmented and coopered. The basswood segments are beveled on the edges and separated by 1/8-in. walnut spacers...

Woodworker: John Richards Richards constructed this large chest of drawers from mahogany using half-blind dovetails, sliding dovetails, and mortise-and-tenon joinery. The chest, finished with shellac...

Woodworker: Joe Zaccarelli Zaccarelli, a Springfield High School student, spent 250 hours creating this 2-door cabinet. His parents helped by giving him a Hegner scrollsaw for theintricate...