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I built the Media Stand and posted it here along with an in depth, full length video of the build (53 minutes). The part that interested most folks is the section on making the books for the bottom shelf and I've been asked to make a separate video on just that portion, so this video is really a...

After making the last mirror I posted last fall as a late Mother's day present for my wife, I decided to make another lager mirror as a late Valentine's present for my wife's mid-century modern themed guest bedroom. It is a shameless copy of a mirror we saw at a department store. It is...

The Eagle Nest Chest I have been adding a combination locking system to hope chests for some time now and one day a fella commented that he would like to see the dials hidden behind a false panel, that it too would be locked from access. How it works: The nest sitting on top of the chest...

I used a 1×10 piece of pine wood and cut it to about 16 inches long. I then used 1 1/2 in letter templates for the letters and a hand router and Dremel to cut in about 1/2 inch deep around the letters. Followed up with a razor blade to get in the fine detail edges. I used an off-white color...

This is a chunk of Mesquite about 2" across. I turned on a lathe, then ornamented it on Lathezilla. 24K gold leaf inside. Sits on, not attached to, a bed of burned shavings. The outside of the piece was scorched and then wirerbushed. I rubbed in gold accent before coating with automotive...

Another wood burning project. Japanese lantern and cherry blosums burned into solid walnut. Detailed with acrylic paints and gold leafing.

This is a John Bellamy style Eagle, influenced by Rick Bütz, WoodCarver, with the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist insignia in its talons. I started this project over two years ago and life and other projects kept it on the back burner. Now that all of us are under House Arrest, I finally...

Simple cherry hollow form with gold leaf gilding. Measures about 7" in diameter and 3" tall. Finished with gloss wipe on poly. Turned and hollowed completely with Easy Wood Tools . I'm hoping the cherry will darken and create a greater contrast between the wood and the gilding.

After two years of trials and tribulations (not necessarily Covid related), I'm happy to show you the piece that Spider Johnson and I have created for the Texas Furniture Makers Show (happening now through December 17th in Kerrville, Texas). "Nacimiento de la Mariposa", or "Birth of the...

Here's another sketchbook. This one was made last year for my girlfriend as a christmas present. Its Mahogany in a decorative butcher-block style with sapwood as the spine. The idea for the design came from looking at piece of wood I had from a previous projects mistake. The end grain...

I have been fortunate to get another great gilding job. The client who sponsored me years ago to learn gilding had a huge painting, one of those with the gold background with a huge dark walnut frame. He asked us to add some gold to it to tie it more to the painting. We proposed different...

This is a Birdseye Maple and Brazilian Walnut desk that I made for my 18 month daughter to do her coloring on. I chamfered the edges of the top and thought it would look nice to gold leaf the chamfer but it didn't quite turn out the way I expected.

This very large, commissioned credenza was designed as an entertainment center to sit below a big, wall mounted, plasma TV. It is 76" wide 24-1/2" deep, and 34" tall. The cabinet and base are all solid walnut and the doors are bookmatched walnut burl veneers both inside and out. You can visit...

My first real attempt at gilding engraved letters..

My family owns a sign shop here in Snellville, Georgia. Me and my dad made this sign. It is approximately 18×48" and 1.5" thick, double sided. It is made out of a solid piece of red cedar and sandblasted to give it the 3D look. We stained the dark color and then my dad applied gold leaf to the...