SAWDUST-AND-YUKS
Gallery of Reclaimed Beauty
Unique & Functional Creations From Found Wood
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If you would like for me to send you an email heads-up with a description or photo when I begin a new project, please write to me at sawdust-and-yuks@comcast.net. Please tell me about yourself and the kind of items you are interested in. Here are a few project photos. I will try to be better about taking photos of my work -- and take better ones. See my Home Page for some fun browsing, including my brand of humor.
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Long Coffee Table For Sale |
This table is from
reclaimed white oak that was a stable gate for 50+ years in a barn.
It measures 60" long and both boards are as removed from the barn
with uncut ends. The width is 21 inches and it is 18 1/4 inches
high. I added the bowtie connector at the split. The legs are
6" X 6" pine timbers. The grain is beautiful from the
weathering. The finish is satin polyurethane varnish. Below
are a few other views: On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama.
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Small Coffee Table For Sale
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This small coffee table (or, alternately, a bench) measures 44"L X 14"W X 18 1/2"H. The top is a single 14" wide board of White Oak from a barn built from trees felled and sawn on-site -- as was the custom until 40-50 years ago. You can still see the original circular saw tracks in the wood. My intent was to plane enough of the weathered surface to see the beauty of the wood, but not so much that the saw tracks would be eliminated. The underside was not planed so you can see the original aged condition of the Oak. The legs are limbs from fallen cedars. They remain sound because they never came in contact with the ground.
On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Farm House Table
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On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. This
link is a newspaper article featuring the Mill Village Gallery http://blog.al.com/thebus/2010/03/mill_village_gallery_in_five_p.html
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Coffee Table Sold
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This table is sturdy and heavy. It is a beautiful and unique piece of furniture.
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Coffee Table Sold |
Dimensions are: 47"L X 22 3/4"W X 19"H.
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Sold
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This rustic coffee table is made from light and dark wormy maple. It measures 24" X 49" (2' X 4'). The legs are cedar pier pilings. The table and legs are finished with MINWAX HelmsSpar semigloss polyurethane. This is a unique item -- not another like it. |
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Farm House Table Sold |
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Gallery Display
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This table is made from pine with cedar legs recovered from old pier pilings. I have this one on the screened porch of my lake home. Being pine, I expected some cupping, warping and plank separation. (I actually wanted it.) But, after six years outside, it hasn't happened. This could be due to the numerous coats of spar varnish. |
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Sold
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This is a past project that I have already sold. This table was made from Wormy Maple (my favorite hardwood for rustic items) and trimmed with American Cherry. Like the pine table above, this also uses cedar legs recovered from old pier pilings. |
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For Sale
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Two lamps made from old cedar pier pilings. I just couldn't get the light right for taking a very good photograph. On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. |
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For Sale Soon
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Mallard over marsh -- currently in a round red oak frame. Total diameter 24". Currently being re-framed using reclaimed white oak from an old barn. My vision is to use heavy rusted chain to hang it. When completed, I will put this back on the market. |
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For Sale
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I call this "Victorian Oak". It measures about 22 1/2" high and 12 1/2" wide. I made the frame myself. The corners are pegged and the chain is centered in holes at the top.
On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Gallery Display
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This is called Peonies. 23" in Diameter in a round red oak. In my bedroom window. |
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For Sale
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This is a Victorian Rose in an oak frame that I
made. Overall it measures 18" X 12". The corners are pegged and the chain
exits centered holes at
the top (like the Victorian Oak shown above). On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. |
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For Sale
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This has a 4" X 6" clear center oval with etchings of wildflowers in an oak frame that I made. The corners are pegged and the chain exits centered holes at the top (like the Victorian Oak shown above). Overall it measures 17" X 11". On display and for sale at the Mill Village Gallery in the Five Points area of Huntsville, Alabama. |
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Gallery Display Only
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I think this is interesting. It's not a project -- just an experiment. I was recently visiting my Grandfather's old dilapidated home place on some land I still own in North Alabama. I used to spend time there as a kid when he lived there. That was over 50 years ago. Well, the cedar fence posts (and fence) that surrounded the yard and garden are still there. This one easily broke out of the ground. I removed the fence wire and nails and brought it home as it seemed heavy and solid -- although it looked rotten on the surface. After washing off the "crust" and letting it dry, I cut 4 inches off the top and bottom. It is solid and red on the inside and still has that strong cedar aroma. After at least 60 years outdoors after the tree was cut down. |