Phoenix Table. White oak, desert ironwood, honey mesquite. 

Two Tambour Cabinet. Sugar maple, figured Spanish cedar, Chinese Douglas Fir burl, cocobolo. 

Extensive veneer work, traditional haunched tenon door frames, a case that floats just above the stand -- and of course, two tambour doors in figured Spanish cedar. This project required a variety of approaches that were new to me but really add up to a piece that holds interest thanks to both the wood grain and color, and to its physical features. 

The case is solid sugar maple, and utilizes through dovetails. The tambour doors are made from a cherry substrate veneered with figured Spanish cedar. The doors are traditional haunched mortise and tenon construction. And the drawers, lined with suede and worked to a piston fit, also get dovetails. 

I'm proud of this piece, my most complex to date.

LADWP Bookshelf. Quartersawn and riftsawn white oak. Cherry drawer sides. Hard maple drawer pulls. 

I've always admired the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power building, originally designed by the A.C. Martin architects and built in 1965. So I built a bookshelf with that influence in mind using some very special quartersawn white oak for the shelves and riftsawn white oak for the uprights. I played around with the edge profiles until I found something that gave it interest and a bit of subtle asymmetry in a piece that is otherwise very symmetrical. I also utilized what might be called a "housed lap joint" that makes for an extremely strong connection between the shelves and uprights while retaining a very clean look. 

Midcentury Whiskey Cabinet. Walnut, quartersawn silver maple, brass.

This was a multi-modal project utilizing traditional hand tools, modern woodworking power tools, and CNC routing and milling. The carcass construction is dowels and the cabinet hangs with a french cleat. A pull-out tray features a gorgeous bookmatched figured walnut segment, and the tray itself remains square to the cabinet thanks to an entirely wood mechanism I engineered. The back is shiplapped quartersawn silver maple and I engraved two brass plates to celebrate the occasion of the gift. 

Nakashima-inspired nightstand. Black walnut, figured ash

Small wall shelf. Ash carcass, cherry drawer, hard maple pull. Custom brass keyhole plate hangers. 

This was my first wall shelf inspired by the tradition of James Krenov and the Krenov School in Fort Bragg, Calif. The carcass is joined by finger joints, through mortise and tenons, and a dadoed cross lap joint. The drawer is cherry, with a custom turned hard maple pull. The keyhole plate hangers are milled from solid brass, and they ensure the shelf sits flush and secure on a wall. I made each part for this specific project.