Selected works are shown in our gallery space in the studio. We like to use the Gallery as a venue for critique and feedback, so please feel free to leave comments on the works you see there.
Now showing, Meg Thompson's Open Studio show...
If you're curious about what kind of things are made in our project classes and other stuff that gets created here, here are some examples...
Check out these cool stools made in our last biscuit joiner class. Despite the simple design (based on Ron Gilad's "Void Stool"), laying out the joinery was quite a challenging exercise in visualization. A single stool can be made from a single 2'x4' sheet of 3/4" plywood. |
 In October's "Intro to Hand Tools" class, students made small boxes from basswood, sawing and chiseling halp-lap joints to build the box. The lids and box sides were then hand-planed to a gentle curve and a mahogany handle was mortised into the lid. |
 This light fixture was an original design by a student in September's "Design+Build: Make a Lighting Fixture" class. The base is a chunk of rough mahogany on rubber feet; the shade is formed of heavyweight vellum and fastened with nuts, bolts and rubber washers to match the feet. A low wattage compact fluorescent lamp creates a soft glow while saving energy.
 Here is another lamp from the same class that was custom designed for this table. The oval base is solid mahogany with a hand-rubbed oil varnish. The arm is bent copper tubing, concealing the wiring, and the shade is birch veneer. |
 In September's "Routers 101" class, we made a coat rack / entry shelf of solid oak. All the joinery--simple dadoes and rabbets--were done using the router table. This one was finished with a hand-rubbed oil varnish finish. |
  A decorative box of finger-jointed cherry with a maple top. Hand-made rice papers line the interior of lid and bottom. This box was made as a gift for a 70th birthday and was filled with photos and notes from the party-goers. |
These speakers were meticulously built to audiophile standards. Starting from a few sheets of 3/4" MDF, the boxes were constructed with precisely mitered sides (reinforced with biscuit joinery) and snug-fitting inset/rabbetted tops and bottoms. The result is an airtight chamber for optimal acoustical performance. Holes were jigsawed out for components and wiring. Then the boxes were finished in birch veneer and flat black point (to be covered by a fabric grille). Great project! |
  
Here is a bookcase made of poplar. The rough boards were dimensioned down to exact thickness on the planer, then ripped into narrow pieces on the table saw. The maker also built a cutom jig for the table saw to cut the numerous dadoes required for his "lincoln-log" joinery design. Completed in one day--impressive! |
| In addition to the bookcase and speakers above, we've got a number of interesting projects being built during studio time by people who took the Workshop Certification class: decorative gift boxes, lazy-susan perfume displays made of oak, a built-in wall display system, and others. |
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