|
My husband, Bill, and I both love to work with natural. Later this year we intend to launch a web site that better shows the "refined rustic" furniture he builds. For now, here's just a sample his work.
Each piece starts with a trip to the woods: Bill uses nothing more than a pruning saw to harvest maple saplings in areas where "release" cutting will benefit other trees. He prefers to work with maple because the long fibers make for very strong furniture that's not as bulky as pieces made with short-fibered woods like aspen.
Once the wood has seasoned, he uses hand and power tools and mortise-and-tenon joinery techniques to turn it into furniture. Tenons are made by shaping the end of a stick into a round peg. Mortises are made by drilling a hole into another stick. The pegs fit into the holes to make solid, secure joints -- and stable, long-lasting furniture. Some pieces are embellished with bent willow or other stick accents. The simple beauty of the sticks is the foundation of each piece and no two pieces are exactly alike.
To learn more about Bill's furniture or to discuss a commission, please phone him at (715) 882-2822.
|
|
