Negative space is a design element that is fairly simple to create and gives this chair its identity.
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Design Details
Design Details, from Canadian Woodworking, shares practical design insights and techniques to help you create stronger, more thoughtful woodworking projects.
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The contrasting colour of the stones and the carved texture around them add a lot to this otherwise unadorned cabinet. This is a playful way to explore the shapes and materials in the world around us.
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The beauty of working with the wood’s grain lies in its continually changing design, never revealing itself twice. When properly worked into one’s craft, it can breathe life into the simplest of forms.
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Add a Curved Face on a Tapered Leg
We can all make square legs, but what about multiple tapered legs, each with one curved face? It’s not that bad when you have the right jig.
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A random wave pattern in wood is fairly easy to produce, and can be varied to suit your needs. With an assortment of tools and a sound approach to the steps involved you'll be surprised what you can accomplish.
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One of Canada’s most skilled furniture makers gathers inspiration for his next piece from some of the most unlikely sources. Here’s the inside story.
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14 practical steps to designing furniture
Use these steps to help you design furniture that is beautiful, unique and functional.
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Seven fundamentals of good design
Design principles, their definitions and how they relate to furniture design.
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While there’s a place for simple and straightforward, these artists don’t want any part of it. To keep their work fresh and interesting, these Canadian makers turn to unique themes, processes and materials to design eye-catching pieces.
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There are so many things you can learn from past projects, in order to improve your next project. Find out what this amateur woodworker learned about designing a hall table, and see what he did to improve his next project – another hall table.
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If you’re working with veneered panels, you’re free to inlay stringing and banding in any direction you’d like, as wood movement is virtually non-existent.
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It’s rare for a piece of furniture to evoke thoughts of life and death, destruction and grace. This table, with its inlayed silver, does all that and more.
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This classic Chinese joint is a fantastic way to add some class – and difficulty – to your next project.
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Painting with wood: knife cutting marquetry basics
There’s no better way to add style and originality to a piece of furniture than with marquetry. This craft has been around for thousands of years, so maybe it’s about time for you to give it a try.
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Give your work the edge it deserves
Edge treatments help frame a table or cabinet’s top and legs and can have a huge impact on the overall appearance of a piece.
