Custom Spalted Table with Drawer

This is a sweet little custom table I made for a customer, through Styll Gallery in Elora, Ontario.
I got a call from the gallery saying that the potential customer was thrilled with my other pieces at the gallery, and would like a custom table made that was a combination of sizes, woods and finishes represented in the tables she saw there. "So you want that table, but as high as that one, and the wood from that one, the shaded green finish like that one, and the look of wenge like on that one, and a shelf... and a drawer."  That one sentence told me everything I needed to know. I faxed back a sketch with a quote and it was a go.

I love this combination of colours; very fresh and alive without screaming bright shades, earthy but vibrant.

The drawer was a bit of work for the amount of storage space, but in this case, storage isn't really the issue... it's the satisfaction when you reach for that little inviting knob and slide out the sturdy drawer, revealing the pleasing construction details, and then rewarding you with a nice woody "clunk" when you close it. This is a nice place to put something small that you reach for everyday but want to store away, like your wallet, by the front door maybe.

Seeing that my studio was currently packed with other projects on the go, I hauled my paper backdrop up to the new tree platform in the backyard and took these snaps, thus the dramatic shadows.

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