"Snowflakes Blanket Chest"

Wood Blanket Chest

Created by Andrew Pitts

The Snowflakes blanket chest celebrates a winter wonderland! Made from bent laminations of sawn solid wood, the legs are cherry, the side panels are tulip poplar with snowflake carvings front and back, highlighted in white milk paint on a background of bayberry green, and the end panels are bookmatched cherry crotch wood. The interior walls are lined with aromatic red cedar.

In this chest, Pitts continues his work in a theme of sweeping legs and curved surfaces, but now with a palette for his carvings. The gently curved hardwood laminations are from local Chesapeake Bay trees that have fallen in storms or were dying and given new life with his sawmill and solar drying kiln. The finely finished shellac polish on the cherry is a joy to touch.

Open the blanket chest on its fine brass hardware and take in the soothing aroma of the red cedar laminations on the inner walls. A wonderful piece that will bring years of joy to a home! Branded inside, and signed and numbered underneath. Custom carvings or colors for the sides can be arranged.

This piece should need only an occasional dusting and an occasional coat of wax on the shellaced surfaces. Sunlight will gently darken the cherry to a golden brown. As with any fine furniture piece, avoid contact with liquids.

Dimensions: 36.0in H x 51.0in W x 20.0in D

This piece ships on or before: Thu, Jun 13, 2013

Shipping charge (based on items in My Basket): $395.00

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$8500.00

About this Artist

Andrew Pitts

"In my furniture I strive for graceful functionality while maintaining the integrity of fine craftsmanship. The result of my work is not simply a piece of furniture, but the physical embodiment of a very personal experience."

Furniture artist Andrew Pitts feels a deep passion for wood as a material and assumes a personal responsibility to craft it into furniture respectful of the finest sensibilities. An observer wrote, "One can recognize an Andrew Pitts design by the grace of its curves, exquisitely matched grain patterns, exacting joinery, and meticulous finishing."

A committed steward of the environment, he uses pre-fallen or dying trees, harvesting, milling and drying them himself. His design approach is to celebrate the wood's inherent beauty, respecting its colors, imperfections and variations. Pitts uses sweeping curves in much of his work, bent laminating hardwoods to make graceful legs and panels, carving designs into the work whenever he can.

Andrew Pitts is mostly self-taught with 35 years experience. His prior career in the navy as a nuclear engineer prepared him, as the discipline to command warships and operate nuclear reactors translated into an astute attention to detail and pursuit of perfection. He has had opportunities to take workshops with masters such as wood carver Chris Pye and furniture designer/maker Michael Fortune.

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