Maloof-Inspired Black Walnut Sculpted Glider

That is fantastic…wow!

Really nice, too nice to sit on haha

Very beautiful.

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-- Nature created it, I just assemble it.

Very nice chair and you can definitely see the Maloof influence in the design. Excellent job.

-- Dave.......If at first you don’t succeed redefine success....

Beautiful.

I have a daughter who wants a glider . . .

-- Jim Maher, Illinois

Very well done, love the finish.

-- Bob in Montana. Kindness is the Language the blind can see and deaf can hear. - Mark Twain

What a challenge! Congratulations, it is very nice.

GOOD job!

-- Ain't better or worse than any other woodpecker in the woods.

very nice extension of a style…taking inspiration from Maloof and then adding your own touch with the glider. i love it when people pay homage to a master or a style and then extend the original, adapt it, personalize it, etc. excellent, excellent piece Harriman. love it.

Great Job! I have always preferred gliders to traditional rockers – they are safer for pets and easier on the carpets. Could you share a few more photos of the glider part? Beautiful choice of woods, I am currently growing two black walnuts that should be big enough to cut down for a rocker right about the time I retire – which gives me time to plan my chair and develop the skills to craft it. :)

-- Leafherder

Great job on this beautiful chair. This is the first Maloof style glider I’ve seen.

-- " I'll try to be nicer, if you'll try to be smarter" gfadvm

Awesome job.

-- Steve - "Never Give Up"

Thanks everyone for all the encouragement. I had a great time building this chair (except for nearly cutting a couple of fingers off halfway through; 22 stitches later, I’m still working with the full set). Cbehnke, I’m glad you see the piece as an homage to Maloof. That was definitely the intent. He has meant a lot to me as a self-taught woodworker. I wish I could have met him …

Leafherder (great name, by the way), I’d be happy to post some more pics, but being new to the group, I’m not sure where to put them. Should I put the images in a blog entry? Delete some of these and replace them? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

-- Lucas, Davie, FL – http://www.harrimanwoodworking.com

Okay, I guess I can put pictures right in this comment box. For anyone interested, here are a couple of close-ups of the glider portion of the chair. Sorry about the quality of the images. (I really need to find a good photographer!)

-- Lucas, Davie, FL – http://www.harrimanwoodworking.com

Thanks for the photos of the mechanism! Looks rather complicated for my current skill level – maybe by the time my trees are ready to be cut down – in about 15 years. :)

Keep up the great work!

-- Leafherder