texturing walnut

The walnut bench for Crystal Bridges has a meandering line cut from end to end in tribute to the man considered responsible for our nation's first and only designated National Scenic River. The simple texture created with a rotary chisel creates a sense of the ripple found in water on the edges where the two parts of the table intersect.

The wood came from the Crystal Bridges Museum site, which was previously owned by Neil Compton former head of the Ozark Society and leader in the movement to preserve the Buffalo River as a completely natural resource.

As you can see, I am making progress on the bench. The texturing on the outside edges as you will see in later photos was done by students at Clear Spring School with gouges supplied by Lee Valley Tool Co.