Cat Climber and Wine Holder

Wine Display

Made of poplar and laminated poplar to display a bottle of wine at 12 degrees.  I like the many colours that can be found in poplar. There are deep dark browns, almost black, in some of the laminated portions, a light green in the forward mount and a nice smokey grain in the base.

Three tiered cat climber

I wanted to make a cat climber that was attractive but could easily be stored away if you were entertaining. This climber is made of cedar and has three clip-on tiers that can be stored on the unit. the bottom tier is hinged and can be folded flat against the base. It is put together with knock-down furniture hardware and every part is replaceable should it become damaged.

folded for storage

all three tiers in place

bottom open and tier attached

iPad holders

    

  The theme for these iPad holders was that of Christmas and in particular Christmas trees. They were done for The Festival of Trees.  This is a festival in which local artists and businesses donate a small Christmas tree that they have decorated and possibly some product that is put on display at a local resort. Several hundred donations are available for silent auction and go to the hightest bidder at close of the show. All of the money obtained from the auction goes to support the local hospital. 

Bug Lamp (hiru andon)

I had some wooden coasters and I wanted to make a lamp, not a lamp to flood the room with light or even a lamp to read by, just a lamp to enhance the mood.

I wanted a tall lamp to contrast the horizontal lines of the coasters. To add some interest to the lamp I followed the curving grain in the wood at the top.

This is the result... "hiru andon"    Translation = "daytime lamp"

BUG

If you look closely at the bottom left side of the lamp (close-up view in the photo to the right) you will see a bug forever captured right in the wood itself. 

This combined with the glow off the brass backing resulted in the name "BUG LAMP".

Below is a picture of the lamp when turned on.

discARTed 2014

If you have not read my previous blogs, "discARTed" in a show of art created from discarded books from the library and books that are no longer salable.

My entry for this year, called "enLIGHTen" is a lamp that bi-sects a book and has a drawing of the Picton library on one side and the Books & Company book store on the other.

If GOOGLE is like a "hello",
a real book is like a "HUG"

"enLIGHTen" 

I first created this bench for an interior and landscape designer in Toronto. I liked it so much that I built another.
It's made of cedar and is approximately 60" x 18" x 18" high.

I wanted to try a different design and I built the bench below in an Art Deco style. It is made of cedar as well and is approximately the same dimensions as the one above.