Cherry And Claro Walnut Desk
The elegant and free-flowing design of this custom Cherry and Claro Walnut desk dresses up its cache of secure storage. Lockable cabinets with adjustable shelves are housed in the front of the desk behind arched doors. Four file drawers with built in hanging file supports, two supply drawers with adjustable dividers, and two secret drawers (all lockable) are accessed from the back of the desk. A collapsible reading stand, that can be removed and used anywhere, also has it own storage area on an inside panel. What this desk does not have are sharp corners or edges to interrupt the flow of your hand as you caress the piece. The Claro Walnut used for the carved end panels and the curved breadboard ends of the top of this desk came from a solid slab that was forty inches wide, twelve feet long and three inches thick (needed for the deep carving). The center two planks of the top are bookmatched and have several intriguing pairs of small, solid knots.
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From the first time my first pocketknife slid through a piece of pine and I experienced the smooth surface, the pungent scent, and the flow of the grain, wood has been a source of sensual interest and pleasure for me. My interest in working with wood waxed and waned for the next few decades: I never thought of myself as needing or wanting to work wood so I never sought instruction beyond the required semester of wood shop in junior high. Those periods, however, when I found myself whittling, or carving or even just looking at or smelling a piece of wood knowledge seemed to accrue naturally through my senses. The present period began about fifteen years ago when I accepted a friend’s challenge to design for a function but refused to allow the function to dictate a form, process and product without the greatest possible sensual interest. Now, I have clients that say they can’t help but touch the work; and since I make sure that even the obscured lines of the piece are interesting, some even lie on the floor to get every possible angle of view.
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