Someone's got the woodworking bug...

My buddy, Ned, who was enrolled in the Bookcase class, brought in an article that he'd read in the Wall Street Journal. It was about a beetle infestation in trees in Colorado, which had turned the wood an interesting shade of blue. 

A resourceful woodworker decided to us the tinting in a line of furniture - and started The Azure Furniture Company.

Here's an interesting video of what he's doing.

 Speaking of Ned, last night he completed a piece in the Bookcase class. He has turned into quite a talented technician in wood; his attention to detail is amazing. Here is a  piece he completed. 

Another view.

He likes to stretch himself, and learn new things, and adding some inlaid tile details really make the top interesting. 

This piece was based on a table that I took a picture of at the Grove Park Inn, in Asheville, North Carolina. I'd shot a picture of it a year ago, and when we were discussing what he wanted to build I pulled this picture up on my iPhone. 

What a terrific piece of furniture he built, not just aesthetically speaking. He really raised his game, as far as technique and grain matching go. He could have been content to make a top using the wood as he purchased it, but instead, chose to laminate a butcherblock top - with side grain, resulting in a thicker, more substantial table top. A really nice touch to this piece. 

Ned even made some of those wooden snowflakes that I blogged about last week. How cool, he just whipped these up one night in his shop. 

Nice work, Ned!