Dave Richards
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I woke up at 2:00 am this morning and couldn't sleep so I started perusing some of the furniture design sites in my Favorites list. I came across some interesting pieces by a fellow by the name of Torsten Sherwood. I'm not a fan of some of his pieces but I like this desk. The corners are joined with box joints which creates interesting details at the tops of the legs.
On his website he has a link to a thing called the Sesame Seed Project. It's an "open design" thing with sort of plans for some pieces he's designed. Some of those pieces look rather flimsy and they are all rather rough, being made out of low grade pine and assembled with sheet rock screws but they might be useful as a starting point for designing your own furniture.
FWIW, although it may not look it, the grain is running the in correct direction on this piece. The texture is from a photo of a lovely piece of maple with ribbon grain. I bet it was a big challenge to plane it smooth.
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