My work, in solid native woods, mixes established joinery, carving, and finishing techniques with my own Ordinary design perspective. While many pieces are one-of-a-kind and others are individuals of small series, all are made to last for generations, even to improve with age. I originally called my work Ordinary Furniture as a response to the history of industrial furniture manufacture in my native North Carolina.
As my designs have evolved and techniques improved, Ordinary Furniture has become an even more ironic name, but still one that acknowledges that no activity in human history is more common or important than gathering and cutting wood. Ordinary Furniture is my solo wood shop, located in Polk County, North Carolina since 1993. Born in Asheville, I started working as a carpenter in Raleigh while attending NC State University, and I continue to learn about trees and how to use them.
I strive to contribute to the millennia of woodworking before me and count among my influences modern sculpture (organic to geometric), wooden boat building, Scandinavian furniture design, and the Appalachian craft tradition.
As my designs have evolved and techniques improved, Ordinary Furniture has become an even more ironic name, but still one that acknowledges that no activity in human history is more common or important than gathering and cutting wood. Ordinary Furniture is my solo wood shop, located in Polk County, North Carolina since 1993. Born in Asheville, I started working as a carpenter in Raleigh while attending NC State University, and I continue to learn about trees and how to use them.
I strive to contribute to the millennia of woodworking before me and count among my influences modern sculpture (organic to geometric), wooden boat building, Scandinavian furniture design, and the Appalachian craft tradition.
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My awareness of steam-bent and laminated wood began with a wooden tennis racquet, which I still think is a beautiful artifact.
Long fascination with wooden boat construction exposed me to bent and laminated ribs that provide precise shape and great strength-to-weight ratio.
In my formative years I admired the chairs of Alvar Aalto and Sam Maloof, which incorporated bent lamination.
My idea was to use this process of steam bending and laminating to build in three dimensions and to make an entire structure of one continuous line.
Long fascination with wooden boat construction exposed me to bent and laminated ribs that provide precise shape and great strength-to-weight ratio.
In my formative years I admired the chairs of Alvar Aalto and Sam Maloof, which incorporated bent lamination.
My idea was to use this process of steam bending and laminating to build in three dimensions and to make an entire structure of one continuous line.
The bentwood table configurations below are made to order, with delivery in eight to twelve weeks.
Coffee tables are seventeen inches high and available in four finishes: natural walnut, iron-stained walnut, iron-stained oak, and bleached maple.
The XO end table is available in the same four finishes and is eighteen inches high.
The half inch tempered glass top ships directly from the supplier.
Different finishes, heights, glass thickness, and lengths in both the Penrose and Stretch XO configurations are possible.
Coffee tables are seventeen inches high and available in four finishes: natural walnut, iron-stained walnut, iron-stained oak, and bleached maple.
The XO end table is available in the same four finishes and is eighteen inches high.
The half inch tempered glass top ships directly from the supplier.
Different finishes, heights, glass thickness, and lengths in both the Penrose and Stretch XO configurations are possible.
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