Antikea Hand Inlaid Occasional Table
This is a very serious and difficult art piece. The only thing I could improve about this table are the photos:) While this looks like an end table or nightstand, it is 24 inches wide, 27 inches deep, and 30 inches high. It is a surprisingly large table that sits next to the first flight in the client's hall stairwell. The base wood is gorgeous figured cherry. The tabletop borders, shelf bars, and hand-fashioned drawer pull are a lovely pink-toned buginga, while the curved side accents are a darker buginga. The maple leaf inlays are crafted (cut on the scroll saw) from 3/16 inch thick buginga of a wild grain pattern and hand inlaid with a router. The large leaf is in four sections, the four tabletop leaves (each unique) are in two sections, and the cute little drawer leaves aee single pieces. The stems are purpleheart. I never use CNC routers or lasers, but do all my woodworking by hand. The flush mounted inlays at the leg bottoms are from the same buginga as the other inlays. It is easy here to see why I love bubinga and it is easy to find other woodworkers who love it also, despite its high price. I think this piece would look well in any room.
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Jonathan Walkey is retired professional furniture maker who now makes selected pieces for discriminating clients. I am a one man studio, specializing in decorative arts and crafts, mid-century, Greene & Green, etc. furniture. my own personal style generally includes contrasting hardwoods with beautiful grains and hand worked inlays. In between commissions I simultaneously work on personal studio furniture projects.
I was raised in Lincoln Massachusetts where my father was the director of the DeCordova Museum of modern art. My mother worked as an expert in fine crafts and furniture . I attended many arts and crafts classes and summer art camps at the Museum. I was trained as a silversmith at age 11 and at age 12 built a 10 foot kayak made of wood and canvas. I was a U.S. Navy trained aviation mechanic and earned my living for 15 years as a master mechanic, working mainly on motorcycles. I am also a former carpenter, criminal appellate attorney, credentialed teacher, professional writer, and painter.
Today I apply my talents and interests to building fine arts and craft furniture. My lifelong continuing education combines training of the mind with training of the hands. What you buy from Jonathan is fine art as well as heirloom quality furniture built to last many lifetimes. These qualities are reflected in the cost of my work, neither of which should ever be compared with that of commercial furniture.
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