Author name: Admin12

Contrasting bride and groom bookshelves built for a wedding reception The cabinets are built from red oak and baltic birch, with African mahogany used for the tops, shelves, feet, and trim. Each shelf features the couple’s combined initials, engraved and mirrored to follow the arch. AyJay’s “A” leading on hers, Westley’s “W” on his. The books with guests’ names on the spines acted as seating chart markers, showing which table each group was seated at. Designed for their day, built to last for as long as they’d like..

Contrasting bride and groom bookshelves built for a wedding reception The cabinets are built from red oak and baltic birch, with African mahogany used for the tops, shelves, feet, and trim. Each shelf features the couple’s combined initials, engraved and mirrored to follow the arch. AyJay’s “A” leading on hers, Westley’s “W” on his. The books with guests’ names on the spines acted as seating chart markers, showing which table each group was seated at. Designed for their day, built to last for as long as they’d like..

O’DONNELL Superior black walnut hand rolled tray with spalted tamarind inlay.

Four little love letters to Tennessee. Each one crafted from cherry, with hand-doodled mahogany hearts inlaid over the towns they call home. Each board rests on a pair of red grandis stands, with a hidden matching heart tucked into one foot.

no Stains / No DYEs Walnut in walnut. Maple in maple. Cherry in cherry. Leopardwood for the shirt, with a separate patch cut for the collar to exaggerate the grain. For the cherry, I tried to cut pieces with almost no visible grain to drop into that super active cathedral. Punched part of the hair through the side of the live edge and left the oxidation. Gave it an interesting effect. The other three edges were sanded clean. I never get tired of it. The colors are cool, but it’s always the grain for me. It moves, shifts, mutates. Feels like a Rorschach test half the time. There’s always something in there. Species in almost every shade, and then on top of that it’s like, “Oh hey! Beetles, fungus, minerals, puddles… come make things weirder.” And stress? If that tree had a rough life, there’s a great chance it’s gonna be gorgeous. Probably a metaphor in there. No real plan. Just kept pulling scraps out of the pile to figure out the next feature.

Custom wedding sign featuring the bride and groom’s initials, Crafted from paneled American black walnut. The initials are set against an opaque white acrylic backer and encased in clear, creating a floating transparent effect.

A contribution to the Makers for a Cause raffle. April 2026 For the tray, I revisited an approach I’d experimented with before, casting solid acrylic blocks first, then carving the piece out of them rather than pouring directly into a mold. That cross cut reveals dramatic shifts in the cells and color movement, almost like crystal or mineral-like formations hidden inside the pour. I carried a transparent infinity symbol all the way through the tray to represent the infinite variation, strengths, and perspectives within neurodiversity. For the coasters and caddy, I took a “quieter” approach. Still plenty of motion, but slowed down. Muted tones, a matte finish, paired with leopardwood. It may seem subtle, but I put a lot of thought into the shapes of the coasters, using curved sides that bow away from the flat sides of the puzzle piece, with straight edges set against the curved tabs. I dug it. I carried the puzzle cutout into the cork lining of the caddy. Tried to make this one a little warmer, a little more grounded. Different, not less. Really honored to contribute something to a cause close to my heart.