New Work

NEW WORK

Walnut Desk

Twin dressers are for a home under construction overlooking the Shenandoah valley of Virginia. The matched wide boards of 16' long, highly figured Curly Cherry will allow me to make a pair of truly matching twin dressers. 40" W x 22" D x 66" H.

WALNUT SCONCE

Walnut, hand-made paper shade with leaves, hand-rubbed oil finish. 8" W x 12" H

WALNUT WINE CELLAR		SOLD

Wine rack holds up to 15 bottles of wine.	Arched panels of figured maple.

American Black Walnut and Marbled Maple	26" W x 20" D x 38" H $3895.

CURLY MAPLE BEDROOM

Kevin Stamp of Cheshire, United Kingdom has sent me a picture of the Curly Maple Bedroom I built for him. Kevin says:

"It is amazing how your furniture can be moved from a modern place in the USA to an old fishing port house built in 1721 and still look as if the furniture was purpose built just for that room.

The distorted beams you can see in the photos are original and are from ships masts. They are about 50 foot long and run right through the house."

FRIESEN-MANCUSO BED

Cherry Heartwood, Walnut pegs Queen 72" W x 84" L x 56 H"

TREASURE CHEST		SOLD

Pennsylvania Cherry, Big Leaf Maple, Sugar Maple, Walnut 30" W x 18" D x 42 H" $3695.


Hand-carved pulls.	Dovetails, Miters, and Mortise and Tenon Joints.	Lined drawers with dividers.

SPALTED MAPLE HALL TABLE

SOLD


The legs sit on ebonized feet, echoing the black lines in the spalted maple top.

A thick top of Spalted Maple sits atop a frame and legs of American Black Walnut.
Spalted Maple and Walnut	15" W x 54"L x 36"H	$ 2000.

RUTZAN BENCH		Sold


A Cherry bench for the foyer. Trestle style design features splayed legs, pierced with a stretcher secured by maple keys. Through-tenons adorn the top, ornamented with walnut splines.

MAPLE AND VANITY AND MIRROR
	A bathroom vanity and medicine cabinet are made of Curly Hard Maple, adorned with brushed nickel pulls.

HEARNE CHEST OF DRAWERS

Sold


Brian Hearne of Hearne Hardwoods asked me to build a chest of drawers from a selection of astonishing Birdseye Maple from his personal collection of highly figured hardwood lumber. Dark streaks of heartwood swirl across the top of the chest, and cascade down the chest sides.

The drawer fronts are book-matched boards of white Maple sapwood, splashed with countless Birdseye swirls on a background of undulating curly grain.

CHERRY CHAIRS
	Rough Cherry wood destined to become a set of four dining chairs. A lucky find after a long search, these boards are from the same log. Solid red heartwood through and through, these beautiful boards range up to 21" wide, perfect for single board seats.
A set of four Cherry Arm Chairs are being carved out of the solid Cherry planks pictured above. Curved back slats of Curly Maple contrast with the darker Cherry frame of the chairs. Delicately curved arms will be sculpted out of 2" thick blanks shown in this photo. The seats will be carved out to accommodate the human anatomy. The finished chairs are pictured below.

MAPLE AND CHERRY CARD TABLE Sold

Highly figured Hard Maple makes a table top sitting on curved legs of solid Cherry heartwood. Slightly curved table edges are reflected in curved Cherry aprons.

42" X 42" X 30" H

KITCHEN CABINETS

Curly Cherry and Spalted Maple are fashioned into a unique, hand-crafted kitchen full of doors and drawers of solid wood.

more pictures...

FINE WOODWORKING, August 2005

Fine Woodworking Magazine illustrates an article on American Black Walnut with a photo of my Walnut "Firebird" Chest in the August 2005 issue. That's a bench by George Nakashima on the left, an 18th century chest reproduction by Nick Colt below, and a Krenov-style chest-on-legs by Michael Seward on the right.

DEMILUNE TABLE

Curly Cherry, aniline dye, hand-rubbed oil finish.
13" D x 36" W x 32" H

SAMSON WALNUT TRESTLE TABLE
	Walnut planks will become a Trestle Table featuring the natural edge of the tree. more pictures

MASON DINING TABLE AND CHAIRS
	Walnut 48" Diameter extension table. Four Armchairs with upholstered seats.

Figured Cherry with Birdseye Maple and Curly Maple with Black Walnut pegs.

22" W x 14" D x 42" H

MASON-RADOWICH
LIBRARY DESK

This desk is designed to hold an open dictionary or reference book at a comfortable height for reading while standing.

This standing desk features beautiful highly figured Curly Cherry, with a Birdseye Maple panel in the top, and a curly maple lip to hold a book on the slanted desk lid.

HOPE CHEST This Cherry chest features a bottom drawer,
a pull-out tray, tapered sides, and a curved breadboard top
of curly Cherry.

24" D x 42" L x 26" H

CHERRY SIDE TABLES A matched pair of Curly Cherry side tables features Hard Maple drawer sides, brass hardware shelf, and curved legs.	20" D x 24" W x 26" H

CONTACT MICHAEL SEWARD

NEW WORK ARCHIVE