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Rustic S-Chair. All wood construction with mortise and tenon or pegs. Swiss-style chip carved border decoration on sculpted spruce slab; rosette carved on rear of contoured back. Porcupine gnawing medallion on rear stretcher. Matched, as-grown, fire-killed black spruce "S-curves" form the chair's side members. Alaskan black and white spruce; 37" h x 20" w x 32" d; 10/2007.

 

Toddler's Deltas Chair or "Cabinboy". All wood construction of mortise and tenon and pegs. Adaptation of traditional Norsk-style naturally occurring log bench. Alaskan white spruce, oak; 19" l x 15" h x 15" w; 10/2007.

Little Child's Deltas Chair with Y-Branch Back. Adaptation of traditional Norsk-style naturally occurring log bench. Harvested from dead old-growth in the Deltas Mtns. Gothic rosette chip carved onto rear platform. Alaskan black and white spruce, larch; 17" l x 12" h x 13" w; 10/2007.

Deltas Stool with Lidded Compartment. All wood construction. Adaptation of traditional Norsk-style naturally occurring log bench. Harvested from dead old-growth in the Deltas Mtns. Suitable for hallway telephone bench. Alaskan white spruce; 24" l x 16" h x 20" w; 10/2007.

Central European-style chair, often referred to as Moravian. Sliding dovetail seat cleats; wedged mortise and tenon for back through seat; cleat pegged. Alaskan birch and larch; 37" h x 19" d x 18" w; 5/2007.

 

Deltas bench with side tablet. In traditional Norwegian style from a single old-growth white spruce log utilizing the naturally growing branches as legs. A willow arm support has been added; it’s capped by a birch tablet. German floral design carved in. 39" l x 32" w x 30" h; 10/2006.

 

Sliding dovetail stool. Doug fir, 18" l x 11" w x 14" h; 2/2007.

 

Folding wood stool after ones in Ecuador. Doug fir and birch, 14”" h x 12" dia, 1/2007.

 

Ram’s head storage chest- all wood. Sides are spruce mitered and biscuited together; lid white spruce; hinges, hasp, catch and pin are birch; handles black spruce burl for suitable grain direction. Pegs are birch, maple and larch. Carved ram’s head on front, date on end. 30" l x 20" w x 15" d, 12/2006.

 

Gina’s Wisconsin chair after one from Mineral Point State Historical Park. German floral design carved in with initials and date. Spruce, 36" h x 21" w x 28" d; 8/2004.

 

Adjustable Dumbbell burl stool for harp player. Has adjustable piano stool mechanism installed. Black spruce; 14" dia x 14-20" H; 2005.

 

Rustic armchairs on Adirondack theme, child's through adult sizes. Structural pieces may be spruce, paper birch, aspen, alder or willow; the challenge is shape and size for the joinery. Some joints are wedged-through tenons; most screw holes are plugged; some chairs are pegged. Seat and back slats may be willow, paper birch or larch. 2005-2006.

 

Birch slab rustic bench. Paper birch, alder, white spruce, 48" l x 17" h x 17" w, 2003.

 

Birch slab bench with back. Used trunk crotch cuts for legs. Alder, paper birch; 40" l x 35" h x 24" d; 2006.

 

3-legged rustic stool. White spruce, alder and paper birch, 17" h x 10" w, 1999.

 

Sunning pegleg slab bench with carved corners. Black and white spruce, larch; 96"L x 16" W x 17" H; 2006.

 

Blanket chest of pine and Alaskan figured birch. Hawaiian floral (awapuhi, night cerus, proteus) and animal (turtle and whale) relief carvings decorate its sides. Pine and birch, 40 x 20 x 20 in., 2005.

 

Tree trunk clothes stand. 2-piece, all-wood construction. Top rack of debarked willow held in mortise of fire-killed black spruce root base with Alaskan birch thumb screw. 55" h x 32" dia; 2006

 

Chip-carved compass rose. White spruce, 7" dia, 1998.

 

Bathroom vanity with dove-tailed birch drawers, branch handles and low-relief carving of Denali in aspen panels. Paper birch, aspen, alder, black spruce, ply; 48" w x 22" d x 32" h; 2005.

 

Acanthus Devil storage chest. Decorative relief carving in traditional Norwegian style (after P. Odden) on front. All wood construction (tamarack pegs and handcut through dovetails) with Alaskan birch lid hinges and hinged chest handles (naturally curved black spruce and alder tenoned or birch dowled to spruce trunnions). Local white spruce board construction. "Fallopian tube" chest lid stay! Maple hinge pins. 26" l x 16" w x 14" d; 2006. (Shown from the front, open, and from the back.)

 

 

 

"Porcupine" rustic armchair. Forest-fire killed black spruce double trunks with intertwined roots used for back uprights. Back and seat slats larch. Arms mirror-cut black spruce. Top rail black spruce carved with frontal and lateral porcupine images to complement the beastie's gnawings. Other pieces of willow; 41" H x 41" W x 55" D; 2006.

 

Miner's chair (Vukovich style) for Ellie. White spruce, 36"h x 24" d x 10"w, 2002.

 

Y-branch legged rustic endtable with carved moosehead relief. Through-tenons with walnut wedges. Pine, walnut, willow; 22" h x 25" l x 15" w; 2005.

 

Y-branch legged rustic endtable with moulding. Through-tenons with walnut wedges. Aspen, pine, walnut, willow; 22" h x 25" l x 15" w; 2005.

 

Chickadee decoration for Andrew Wappett rocking chair. Cherry, 17" l x 7" w x 1" h, 2002..

 

Iris's rustic armchair with folding tablet and carved decorations. Alder, black spruce, larch, pine, willow; 15" w x 15" d x 20" h; 2006..

 

Helen's 3-legged "horse". White spruce, 19" l x 14" w x 14" h, 2003.

 

Back to Jan's Swiss chipcarved chair (made by Tom Nixon). Basswood, white spruce and paper birch, 36" h x 18" d x 17 " w, 1999.

 

Maggie's birthday stool (Dawson style). White spruce, 17" h x 10" w, 1999.

 

Mapleleaf decorations for Andrew Wappett dinning chair backs. Cherry, 17" l x 6" w x 1" h, 2004.

 

Rustic armchair with double trunks of fire-killed black spruce. Arms are willow; seat slats are aspen. Birch side tablet held by black spruce branch crook. 54" h x 50" w x 49" d, 2005.

 

Hallway pegleg slab bench. Black and white spruce, walnut; 45" l x 13" w x19" h; 2005.

 

Presentation sawhorses with chip-carved rosettes and inscription; burned for decoration. White spruce, 40" l x 32" h x 29" w, 2001.

 

Forestfire-killed black spruce from Pedro Dome, Alaska, 1989, used as a stool from root and burl. 29 in. dia., 12" h., 2005

 

Wild prickly rose low-relief decoration for Andrew Wappett bed headboard. Walnut, 14" l x 7" h, 2003.

 

Tabletop with chipcarved border. Paper birch, white spruce; 22" square x 1" t; 2005.

 

Octagonal-faceted rustic log endtable. White spruce, 24" h x 22" dia, 1999.

 

Bent willow rustic lounge chair. Willow, aspen and alder, 55" h x 37" w x 33" d, 2003.