Custom Rustics

New coffee table design recently completed. Wanted to get more experience with charring wood (Shou Sugi Ban), and this was the first project that I've played around with bleaching. Was looking to achieve a nicely balanced contrast between the results of the two techniques. The top is a slab of curly Maple that had some subtle Ambrosia, as well as some pink-Ish red hues, and the bleach helped mute a lot of color, without sacrificing any curl visibility. In addition to charring the live edges of the slab, The base is also charred Maple, with Pine dowels that create a shelf for magazines and whatnot. To prevent ambering during the finish, I went with a water based finish, GF's High Performance in Satin. It was a fun project, I learned some things, and hopefully this will be a design that clients will place future orders for. This piece will be for sale on Etsy and our Website.

Black Walnut 'Pendulum' console, with raw aluminum trapezoid legs. Off to its new home in Illinois.