The TV-Book shelf ...

I've been working on this "Entertainment center" since this winter and am finally done. After Chi Chi's passing and Keegan's birth this was the 3rd most important thing I had going this past winter(-:spring,summer:-). She is finally finished. An approx 7' x 5' mahogany, yellow heart, brazilian cherry, black walnut, maple, ash, and blood wood "entertainment center" for a wall mounted flatscreen TV. The side boards are mahogany and y heart w/ maple figure 8 stringers inspired for an old Greg Noll I have. The fin on the top of the book shelf is ash, black walnut, & blood wood inspired by my friend Pat's old Weber pig fin. This has been one of my favorite jobs so far, and I look forward to designing & making more exotic wood sculptures like this in the future. Here are some pics of it in progress and finished...

Bar top/Counter top for D. Mayo

Here are some b/f pics of D. Mayo's Bar top. A 7'6 board made from Maple and Black Walnut finished in oil based poly. The fin is Red&White Oak and 2 species of Mahogany, the tailblock is Black Walnut, Bloodwood, & Maple. The board is 24" wide & 3/4" thick, and will be mounted on 3/4" birch finish ply.

R. Boccia's Table

Here is the professional shot of Dr. Boccia's sculpture table taken by my friend Steve Mullen. We do art shows together around the area quite often. He'll have a website up soon, I'll post the link when it's up and running.

R. Boccia's Finished Table

Dr. Boccia's table is finaly finished. He asked for 5 Dashboard riders too. Here is a final shot of the table from my camera. The woods used were, for the top...Birds eye maple, black walnut, and bloodwood, & for the base...Bass and maple. I took the table to a photographer friend of mine Steve Mullen today & he took some professional shots of it. I'll post them when next week.

Sculpture Table update

The table base for Dr. Boccia has been glued up and has it's first coat of toung oil on it. 2 more coats and it's ready to have the top mounted.

Ralph Boccia's sculpture table

Around the end of the summer Dr. Boccia commissioned me to make a sculpture table for his stairway. The table, when finished, will be 3' high x 22" wide x 12" deep. For the top we decided to use birds eye maple with t-bands of black walnut and blood wood. The base will be made from Maple and Bass, w/ small surfboards around it made from mahogany, red oak, and paduk. Here are some pictures of the progress so far.