Brian was busy making very unique and beautiful furniture for our home. He commissioned Matt Church from The Artisan's Gallery to make bases for maple burl tables.
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Matt Church is an accomplished blacksmith artist and he worked with us to create a design that complemented Brian's burl tabletops. We decided on shapes with roots, maple leaves and branches. We were delighted with Matt's creations when we picked them up at his gallery.
Brian spent countless hours on the burls. One table was made from a slab of an entire burl while the other two were sliced horizontally and book-matched so that the tables had a mirror image of two halves to make a whole. He planed both halves until they were equal thickness, glued them together, sanded and urethaned them to a perfect finish.
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| Maple Burl and Wrought Iron Table |
The coffee table has a shape which was suited to a pentagon base with curved supports and maple leaves.
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| Maple Burl and Wrought Iron End Table |
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| Maple Burl and Wrought Iron Table |
The collaboration of Matt Church's hand-forged wrought-iron and Brian's exceptional burl pieces have resulted in distinctive one-of-a-kind furniture.
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Cast Iron Table Base
Thank you William. The combination of wrought iron and burl to make furniture is new in Brian's workshop and the response to our tables has been very positive.
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