library bench

Absolutely beautiful

-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Stunning!

This is such an outstanding piece and so nicely done. It’s actually quite striking.

helluvawreck aka Charles
http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

-- helluvawreck aka Charles, http://woodworkingexpo.wordpress.com

I liked…..

-- Ganchik Sasha. Life is not a draft, tomorrow you will not redo......

Love the design – great job!

-- Steve - Impatience is Expensive

beautiful work

wow out of the park again brian.i am a big maloof fan,i love how you have combined some of his design style and made it totally bearkat.your carving is just beautiful,can i ask how many hours roughly you put into this piece.your work always inspires me.thanks for sharing.ps-just watched your video,loved it.

-- sawdust the bigger the pile the bigger my smile-larry,so cal.

Beautiful, Brian.

-- I came - I sawed - I over-built

,can i ask how many hours roughly you put into this piece.
- pottz

Thanks everyone for the kind words. This community has been a pleasure to be part of and I wish I had more time to chat with you all. To answer the question I think I have about between 120-180 hours on this bench, it was a side job so done mostly in off hours. It was something I had wanted to do for quite a few years, but our library board was against art in the library. Just this last year the head of the board retired and they changed their view on it and I was able to put something in.

-- Brian Noel

Great job, Brian! Lovely design with beautiful execution and the hand carving takes it over the top.

Is the cat happier now that it’s out of the shop?

-- https://www.jtplaneworks.com - In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.

so sweet! fantastic work man!

-- James Wright, Rockford IL, https://www.youtube.com/c/WoodWright

That’s a sweet bench, well done. I don’t think I could make one nearly as nice.

-- Allen, Colorado (Instagram @bobasaurus_woodworking)

Awesome work.

-- We must guard our enthusiasm as we would our life - James Krenov

That’s a real beauty Brian…..Wow!

-- Jeff .... Minnesota, USA

Awesome stuff Brian! I think this summer I’m coming west with Willie to wood shop camp at Bearkatwood ;) I want to make stuff that doesn’t have any straight lines :)

-- Bill, Yo!......in Brooklyn & Steel City :)