Mar 12 2009
Art Moderne
This starts the next section of the catalogue Which is labeled Art Moderne. The wood inlay bands in this section are much more distinctive, and to me interesting, and I would love to see these used on some pieces of furniture. The section page is nice in itself and uses a great Art Deco [...]
Mar 07 2009
The numerous bands on Pages 8 and 9 are mostly of the feather design some simple and others much more complex with many elements. Almost all have the internal elements cut at 45 degrees and are put together as a series of parallelograms. There is a very nice range of different woods and colours used [...]
Apr 19 2008
I always loved the butterfly keys in contrasting wood in the furniture of George Nakashima. In Nakashimas’s furniture this provides both aesthetic content and structural integrity in his natural plank designs. Of course these devices have been used for centuries if not much longer. Some time ago I wanted to use these in a large [...]