Pictured here are some interesting pieces I made recently for an artist friend of mine using some salvaged old barn beams, other reclaimed wood, and western red cedar.
At top is a large frame that will do double duty as a frame for art works or a blank white screen for a projection TV.
Next is the headboard of a bed made with weathered old beams of about 6x8--as bedposts--with cedar slats spanning between and custom-turned finials topping the posts (also see finial detail next).
I like to make turnings in unique organic forms--shying away from traditional shapes that usually come off as stuffy and Victorian or just kind of run-of-the-mill (literally).
The next image shows an end of a large L-shaped work surface unit, and the next a cabinet for a small sink. Note that these cabinets have yet to get their top, which will be of soapstone in a nice rich dark green.
All of the barn wood is finished with a satin polyurethane after a light/medium sanding. This simple process yields a very satisfying look--the brown aged oak patterned with irregular much darker streaky areas, with lots of texture from cracks and fissures developed over decades in that old barn.
It is great having clients with a taste for the bold and different.
See the work of my artist client, Brian McKelvey, here.
And you can view my own art blog here.
