At the Craft fair

Here I am hanging out at the Old Fashion Christmas
Craft Fair in Ladysmith with some of my furniture.

Rocking chair and others

Sapelli and maple
Perfect dimensions for small person
Very comfortable

Butcher blok

Old growth fir and copper pipes
25.5" X 17" X 36" tall

Coffee Table

Tiger Maple and Black Walnut
Oval shape
48" long, 16" wide, 18" tall

boat progress

Sun oven

It's a bit goofy, very heavy and big, but it works. It get hot to 275-300 F on a sunny day and it cooks. Perfect for slow cooking.
It was a nice experiment anyway.

Québec city Art show

I called it Melodie.
I love it and it's very comfortable. I spent so much time on it, not rocking, but carving. It hard to see the details on this picture, but I know one thing, I will probably never carved maple again. The entire thing is maple, Big Leaf Maple. Local Wood.
I am particularly proud of the conceptual structure. Notice the continual line that forms the seat, rockers, harms and back. Every arch consist of 21 layers of laminated 1/8 " maple strip. All glued, rounded and painted. This picture doesn't show the delicate golden sprinkles added over the green paint. It is a very charming touch.

Harvest Table

This table is made of alder wood with a beach wood top. The assembling are tenons and mortises reinforce with wooden pegs of the same wood.
I used an ebony stain and a clear varnish. The top surface is finish with mineral oil.

Chopping Blocks

I think this is the beginning of a really good story. I enjoy making those cutting boards so much, I just want to make more of them. It feels good to build something beautiful, simple, useful and of high quality. These chopping blocks are made of three different types of wood: Eastern Maple, Cherry and Sapelle. They are all pretty hard woods and in this case, there is only end grain on the cutting surface so marks and scratches are a lot harder to make. I used a non-toxic and waterproof glue, so I know they won't crack anytime soon. Then I saturated the wood with mineral oil. I applied several coats and robed the oil in until it comes right through the other side. Mineral oil will not go rancid over time so it is a better alternative then other oils.
Re-coating the board once or twice a year will guaranty a lifetime product.
You can expect more of those soon because I think they will sell like hot bread.

Hemp woven rocking chair

This is the most comfortable rocking chair ever! Ok, I built it a while ago, but it is never too late to publish it. I really love that it was entirely made (except for the rockers) from one giant board of fir very thick at one end and very thin at the other, all edge grain with the heart in the middle.
Really, it was a rejected board, useless for construction, but also too good. I saw the potential.
Finally, I weaved the back, seat and bottom, that can be use as a magazine holder, with a thick hemp rope. Honestly, I put way too much of it. It looks good, but it took about 25 hours to weave and just half of it would be plenty.

12 sided table entirely made of big leaf maple except for one piece of black walnut in the middle of the foot rest. A set of 6 chairs are yet to be made.

Foot rest of the 12 sided table

Detail from the back of the chair

This chair was sent to Qc City last week for a art shows starting on Juin18th to august 14th.
If you happen to be around there during that time, go check it out on 299 3e avenue Limoilou, Qc

Rocking chair entirely made of big leaf maple wood