Making the Krotona Coffee Table
The Story
The Krotona Coffee Table is a commissioned piece from local Sycamore.
The client has a toddler and wanted no sharp corners. I came up with an organic outline and used hand-planed facets to eliminate any dangerous corners, creating a geometric, gem-like appearance.
It features a book matched top with slab legs, tied together with a stretcher. Shouldered wedged tenons in white oak securely join the top.
It shares its slab legs and keys with the Matilija Table, and the faceting began with the Sespe Speaker Stands.
Topic
Making
Type
Side table
Materials
Sycamore
Matching up the beautiful sycamore grain.
Legs and top sitting together before joinery and faceting.
Cutting the mortises for the legs and top.
Working the leg slab with a hand plane.
Wedged through tenons using white oak for strength and visual contrast.
All joinery done, ready for finish.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk
Making the Krotona Coffee Table
The Story
The Krotona Coffee Table is a commissioned piece from local Sycamore.
The client has a toddler and wanted no sharp corners. I came up with an organic outline and used hand-planed facets to eliminate any dangerous corners, creating a geometric, gem-like appearance.
It features a book matched top with slab legs, tied together with a stretcher. Shouldered wedged tenons in white oak securely join the top.
It shares its slab legs and keys with the Matilija Table, and the faceting began with the Sespe Speaker Stands.
Topic
Making
Type
Side table
Materials
Sycamore
Matching up the beautiful sycamore grain.
Legs and top sitting together before joinery and faceting.
Cutting the mortises for the legs and top.
Working the leg slab with a hand plane.
Wedged through tenons using white oak for strength and visual contrast.
All joinery done, ready for finish.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk
Making the Krotona Coffee Table
The Story
The Krotona Coffee Table is a commissioned piece from local Sycamore.
The client has a toddler and wanted no sharp corners. I came up with an organic outline and used hand-planed facets to eliminate any dangerous corners, creating a geometric, gem-like appearance.
It features a book matched top with slab legs, tied together with a stretcher. Shouldered wedged tenons in white oak securely join the top.
It shares its slab legs and keys with the Matilija Table, and the faceting began with the Sespe Speaker Stands.
Topic
Making
Type
Side table
Materials
Sycamore
Matching up the beautiful sycamore grain.
Legs and top sitting together before joinery and faceting.
Cutting the mortises for the legs and top.
Working the leg slab with a hand plane.
Wedged through tenons using white oak for strength and visual contrast.
All joinery done, ready for finish.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk