A cabinet I built a few years back…this one:

has been published in “500 Cabinets”, a recent release from Lark Book’s series on contemporary craft and art.

Can’t complain about that! Only 5 billion more publications to catch up with Sam Maloof (rest his soul), a real woodworking hero.

A recent piece in English walnut and Oregon white oak–a lap desk for a Benedictine Abbot. The walnut is so graphic it was like a week long Rorschach test. Depending on the orientation I saw a heron, sturgeon, lion, horse, pelican, lobster claws…but at least no partridge in a pear tree.

The pulls are Macassar ebony. Since everyone seems to handle box lids by the corners, I put the handles there–so now they’ll use a credit card to pry it open at the middle!

I’d like to use this wood combo again–they both work very nicely.