Posted on November 14, 2017
This end table is made from a chainsaw cut naturally fallen oak tree from southern MN. The edges are chiseled free of bark and rot and dried for over a year. The crack which opened up during the drying process has been held together by three black walnut butterfly inlays for strength and decoration. The oak slab is mounted on raw steel legs which also brace the cracks in the wood. Around the edge is an Old Norse verse written in Elder Futhark runes from the Vǫluspá in the Poetic Edda.
The verse reads:
Vǫluspá 3
Ár var alda
þar er Ymir byggði,
vara sandr né sær
né svalar unnir,
jörð fannst æva
né upphiminn,
gap var Ginnunga,
en gras hvergi.
The Seeress´s Prophecy 3
Young were the years,
when Ymir made his settlement,
there was no sand nor sea,
nor cool waves,
earth was nowhere
nor the sky above,
chaos yawned,
grass was nowhere.
The English translations are from The Poetic Edda: A New Translation by Carolyne Larrington. Oxford University Press. 1996
Category: Woodworking Tagged: Black Walnut, Butterfly Inlay, Crack, Forest, Live-edge, Live-edge Table, Live-edge wood, Natural, Nature, Oak, Old Norse, Poem, Poetry, Raw Steel Legs, Red Oak, Rune, Runes, Runic, Runic Inscriptions, tree, Tree Rings, Viking, Wood, wood-burn, Wood-burning, Woodworking
Posted on May 9, 2017
These tables are the result of experimenting with butterfly/bow tie router inlays and I think they turned out well. The legs are raw steel coated with furniture wax for protection. The primary boards are black walnut which my great-grandfather Ezra cut and milled around 50 years ago and the inlays are from cherry.
Category: Woodworking Tagged: Black Walnut, Cherry, Coffee Table, End Table, Grain, Raw Steel Legs, Woodworking
Posted on April 11, 2017
I recently completed building these Black Walnut tables with legs of raw steel and Lake Superior rock and agates inlaid between two old boards which my great-grandfather milled a long time ago. A new gallery in Waseca, Minnesota called That Old Blue door accepted them for display and they are now on display with some of my other lamps and photography. Look them up if you are in southern Minnesota!
https://www.facebook.com/thatoldbluedoor/
Category: Woodworking Tagged: Agates, Black Walnut, Coffee Table, End Table, Lake Superior Rock, Raw Steel Legs, Resin, Rock, Woodworking
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