The materials in this piece are Musical Grade AAAAA Western
Quilted Maple, Walnut,
Cocobolo and
Wenge . An elegant piece of quilted Maple that seemingly floats over its arched base. The legs are hand planed. The base was built of Walnut-Cocobolo-Walnut fusion in order to work as a continuous transition to the Cocobolo arches, which are the key design element. The 7/8th inch Quilted Maple was planed down on the edges to give it more of a sense of lightness. The cross members are connected to the main arches with Wenge square pegs.
The beauty of the piece lies in its simple elegance, its five pieces of wood connected to the legs with a sense of seeming effortlessness. Paradoxically, the piece is quite complicated and unique in its construction in that there are no right angles with which to reference true square or true plumb. The two basic techniquesare used to achieve this is to establish true square on a separate board to which the artist uses as a gluing matrix and through the extensive use of a carpenters level to achieve a plumb line and a flat plane for the top.
The basic construction techniques include compressed dowels to attach the top to the base, through dado joints to connect the arch to the legs and mortise and tenon to connect the front legs to the back legs. The table is finished in Tung Oil. In addition, while still wet the piece was hand sanded, creating a very smooth finish. To protect the top and to give it added warmth a coat of Maloof oil/wax Finish was used. A high quality furniture oil with UV protection is recommended for the base and top periodically.
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