Making the Matilija Table
The Story
The Matilija table was built around
material authenticity.
The Coastal Live Oak top and walnut legs - both sourced locally - retain their live edges and sturdy wedged through tenons eliminate the need for any additional structural bracing.
The natural voids and pores of the live oak were filled with epoxy to stabilize the wood before finishing with my favorite hard wax oil.
The Krotona Coffee Table uses the same idea in a more geometric form.
Topic
Making
Type
Table
Materials
Coastal Live Oak, American Walnut
Flattening the walnut slab for the legs.
Removing the bark from the live oak slab.
Fitting the shouldered tenon by hand.
The leg slabs stacked, with their tenons cut.
The double mortises, ready to be squared out. Note the open grain of the live oak, which is later filled with epoxy.
The legs and top, ready for glue up.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk
Making the Matilija Table
The Story
The Matilija table was built around
material authenticity.
The Coastal Live Oak top and walnut legs - both sourced locally - retain their live edges and sturdy wedged through tenons eliminate the need for any additional structural bracing.
The natural voids and pores of the live oak were filled with epoxy to stabilize the wood before finishing with my favorite hard wax oil.
The Krotona Coffee Table uses the same idea in a more geometric form.
Topic
Making
Type
Table
Materials
Coastal Live Oak, American Walnut
Flattening the walnut slab for the legs.
Removing the bark from the live oak slab.
Fitting the shouldered tenon by hand.
The leg slabs stacked, with their tenons cut.
The double mortises, ready to be squared out. Note the open grain of the live oak, which is later filled with epoxy.
The legs and top, ready for glue up.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk
Making the Matilija Table
The Story
The Matilija table was built around
material authenticity.
The Coastal Live Oak top and walnut legs - both sourced locally - retain their live edges and sturdy wedged through tenons eliminate the need for any additional structural bracing.
The natural voids and pores of the live oak were filled with epoxy to stabilize the wood before finishing with my favorite hard wax oil.
The Krotona Coffee Table uses the same idea in a more geometric form.
Topic
Making
Type
Table
Materials
Coastal Live Oak, American Walnut
Flattening the walnut slab for the legs.
Removing the bark from the live oak slab.
Fitting the shouldered tenon by hand.
The leg slabs stacked, with their tenons cut.
The double mortises, ready to be squared out. Note the open grain of the live oak, which is later filled with epoxy.
The legs and top, ready for glue up.
Every design
starts with a
conversation.
Let’s talk