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Rather over-built for a stool in my own mud room. Oh well.
#walnut #stool #asiandesign #seating #joinery #interiordesign #handmade #furniture #colorado #telluride #artisan

A combo of wood and steel for the base of a 9 ft. walnut dining table.
#diningtable #steelandwood #industrialdesign #handmade #mattdownerdesigns #oneofakind #interiordesign #telluride #walnut #furniture #table

An amazing hunk of earth. I’m regularly stunned to see what lies within an otherwise boring rock. Flecks of silver and pyrite throughout.
#polishedstone, #chandelier, #counterweight, #foundart, #handmade, #finefurniture, #interiordesign, #geology, #oneofakind, #telluride, #mattdownerdesigns

Check out ho thirsty this Bastogne walnut is for oil.
#woodwork, #woodworking, #handmade, #finefurniture, #walnut, #coffeetable, #oneofakind, #bastogne, #interiordesign

Processing a batch of stand-offs. So tedious, but the details matter.
#finefurniture, #metal, #steel, #metalworking, #tedium, #standoff, #chandelier, #handmade, #woodworking, #oneatatime,

Fellow wood nerds: what is the formal name for this wedged split-through-tenon joint. I’m stumped. I like it, though. #joinery, #wood, #woodworking, #handmade, #nakashima, #interlocking, #oneofakind, #interior design, #furniture, #walnut, #table, #sidetable

Finishing a set of three floating benches. Check out the difference of the bastogne walnut top in front compared to the black walnut in the back. #bench #benches #woodwork #finefurniture #handmade #walnut #interiordesign #seating #asiandesign #floating #telluride #santafe

A musician client asked me to create a sculptural light that hinted at the form of a guitar. Rice paper frets defuse hidden LEDs. 80” tall.

Alright, who can guess the wood of this pencil drawer face? No cheating, Big John #wcainc #westcoastarborists
#finefurniture #Telluride #santafe #handmade #oneofakind #interiordesign #writingdesk #figured #woodworking #wood #beautiful

This gorgeous beast of polished quartz and greenstone is 11" wide and 12.5" tall. Thank you @garydonnan and @cowboyforgeblacksmithschool for your well focused obsessiveness. Gary, what are we looking at geologically?
#steel #stone #counterweight #polishedstone #interiordesign #oneofakind #foundstones #handforged #ancient #objectdesign #objetdart #suspension

Fitting a killer glass form by #lucas_krenzin into a new illuminated shelf.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #Telluride #rico #santafe #lucadecor225 #lucas_krenzin #glass #glass art #led #illuminated #shelf #shelving

A custom Koshou bench heads out to Birmingham this week. Thank you to Kevin Koski at Curlymaplewood.com for the outstanding maple slab.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #figured #curlymaple #joinery #japanese #knockdownfurniture #highdesign #bench #seating

The contrast in this piece is incredible. Found, shaped and polished in SW Colorado.
#polishedstone #interiordesign #counterweight #counterbalance #geology #rocks #contrast #finefurniture #Telluride #handmade

For the love of wood. Some future shelf parts.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #Telluride #santafe #oneofakind #art #interiordesign #walnut #figured #clarowalnut

Two Paiges.
#finefurniture #Telluride #santafe #oneofakind #art #interiordesign #counterweight #led #canteliver #woodworking #lighting #light #floorlamp

Paige will allow you to observe her lamp.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #Telluride #led #counterweight #artistsoninstagram #artlight #functionalart #counterbalance #floorlamp

The latest Paige lamp features a stone counterweight with some cool tanish intrusions. Any geologists with a good guess? The rest is marblized limestone and greenstone from S.W. Colorado.
#finefurniture #Telluride #walnut #woodworking #stone #counterweight #led #balanced #lighting #art #craft

OK, what now? Who can guess what this is trying to become? Worst guess is as good as best.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #Telluride #santafe #oneofakind #art #lighting #ledlights #led #sculpture #mystery #furniture #creative #creation #whatthehell

My first time creating a tri-fold Shoji screen. Cherry wood with Japanese shoji paper.

#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #japanese #interiordesign #screen #privacyscreen #shoji #ricepaper #interior123 #interior

The color and curl of this book matched pair is going to be bonkers beautiful.
#finefurniture #handmade #custom #woodworking #Telluride #walnut #table #dining table #naturaledge #beautiful #figured wood #bookmatch #interiordesign #oneofakind

From the blog

Sculpted dining chairs
5 years ago
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Free-form sculpture
5 years ago
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Balanced mobile chandelier
6 years ago
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