Vases for Gifts

These vases I made for gifts. They can be used for dry flowers with the insert that has the holes in it. A juice or milk carton can be inserted and they are suitable for wet flower arrangements. They also have lids that serves as a base when used with flowers or as a lid to contain whatever you please.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Vase with a Japanese influence in the design.

End Table

End Table

This is a 24" square end table or rather four end tables. Each table is progressively smaller and shorter. I call it "Inverted Pyramid" and designed it to experiment with some new equipment. It is made of cedar to keep the cost of an experiment down and has a 1/4" glass top.

         
                                                                                                                                        I photographed the table with the top off in two of the photos to show the pyramid effect more clearly. Cedar is a very soft wood so it's not always practical, especially with four cats in the house. I do like the colour that the cedar heartwood produces when oiled or finished.

discARTed

discARTed

Below are two entries that I submitted for the "discARTed" show at Books & Company in Picton. The show is all about art created from discarded books that the local library and Books & Company had discarded.
"ShELF HELP" is a play on words just as discARTed is.

ShELF HELP

"The SECRET" is a piece with a bit of a magic trick that keeps the book floating in mid-air and is done to represent the freedom of print and the mystery contained in books.

the Secret

Some Older Projects

Some older projects...

 This is a cabinet that I designed and built more than 40 years ago.

Some folding screens that I made a number of years ago. 

Above is a three panel screen originally made for a display of photos at a wedding and then converted to this Macintosh style screen.

On the right is a four panel screen with tree rubbings on muslin that I did in conjunction with my sister, Audrey Shimizu, an artist at the time in St. Catherines, On. 

Below is a five panel screen done in black lacquer and a Japanese print.

An outdoor project from the past is this gate and fence that I designed and built for a yard in Hamilton.

A Privacy Fence

A Privacy Fence...
this years outdoor project was a privacy fence for the deck. It's made of Western Red Cedar, 2 x 4's that have been cut down the centre to create a finer contrast with the 2 x 4's  used at the top, centre and bottom of each of the four sections.

MOBIUS Gallery Items

I like to work with wood and I was invited to put some items into a small gallery called MOBIUS on the Main Street in Picton, Prince Edward County.

The first two photos are a wooden container that I made as a gift and can be used for storage or insert a milk carton and use it as a vase. Dimensions are approximately 4" square at the base and 13" tall.

Above is a dry flower vase approximately 4" square at the base and 13" tall. It is made of cedar and finished with beeswax.

These two small bud vases include a class insert.

This five foot bench is made of Western Red Cedar and finished so that it is suitable for either indoor or outdoor use.  Dimensions:    5' wide x 18" wide x 18" high