Lovely Carved Wood End Table Stack Laminated Ebony Ebonized Polished
I carved this end table from plywood I stacked and laminated (a fancy way of saying 'I glued up the pieces until I had enough material to carve a table!') a whole lot of good plywood to get the height I wanted for a standard end table, 23 inches tall and the table top is 19 by 10 inches, a very nice and usable size. A lot of different tools went in to shaping this, including several different carving heads on an angle grinder, and I used my bandsaw to get the wood to shape and to cut the carving out of the center. I then laboriously sanded with increasingly fine sandpaper to get the final shape. I ebonized the wood or put some ebony stain on it, which gives stacked and carved plywood a very interesting almost muted zebra stripe effect.
Type
- wood
Meet the Maker
shawn tyler
Tylerartwork
I have been doing sculpture in different media for around 20 years and focusing more on woodwork lately. My specialty is carved wood furniture, ceramic flowers and now I'm starting to make some unique lighting fixtures/chandeliers.
I have a bachelor's degree in Business and am widely traveled, and have lived overseas in many countries so I have seen many different forms of artwork worldwide.
I was previously known as an electronics technician so I am beginning to add lighting to some of my projects. I am attempting to create a niche with custom music stands and carved end tables. I am skilled at cabinetmaking but prefer to make sculptural furniture, things with curves are much easier for me to make somehow. A few of the artists and woodworkers I consider to be strong influences in my life include Sam Maloof, Wendell Castle and Isamu Noguchi.