Totally Sick Table!
So, if you're of an age where you remember when there was no interweb, you probably aren't hip to the term "sick", which as the kids know, means really cool. This table is appropriately named because of its insane, radical graphic qualities, and also, the whole piece is made with spalted maple, which is maple that has contracted a fungal disease. (See? Yes, woodworkers can be cool too.) In the whole log of spalted maple, I was only able to machine out 4 pieces that could be made into legs. Shorter thinner pieces for the top and aprons were slightly less difficult to extract, but these 4 legs had to have a matching quality in character. All together, it's quite the package.
The curved beading on the bottom of the aprons is dyed black to accent the natural black lines running throughout. The beading is actually made of cherry, so okay, it can't be called totally sick.... maybe just kinda cool.
Ya dig? Are you down with that? Does that rock your world? ... All right, I give up.
(Sold at OOAK 2011, a present for someone who is up on forest management / biology; can't remember the exact credentials, but sounded like the perfect home.)
