SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD SOLD
Some of you know I have been making farm tables, mantles and coffee tables for the last couple years. In that time I have found a type of table that I just love making. They are called Live-edge or Nakashima style tables. George Katsutoshi Nakashima (May 24, 1905 – June 15, 1990) was a Japanese-American woodworker, architect, and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design and a father of the American craft movement. George was, like many Japanese-Americans, placed into a interment camp in the 40's. During his time there, he was mentored by an older woodworker who showed him how to use wood in a more natural, organic form. The live-edge table was born. Here are some examples of Nakashima's work.
Here is my last one made for some ATL friends of mine...
It is made of sinker Cypress from the Chipola River. It was made of 2 pieces of cypress slabs, one pictured here.
When joined together, stained and finished, the top looks like this...
No comments:
Post a Comment