Here's a natural edge bench made out of Elm salvaged from King's Road in Sydney. This a simple small bench whose design lets the beauty of the material take centre stage. The slab is planed to thickness by machine and then the shape is eased, refined and reshaped by hand tools; spokeshave, block plane, chisel and scraper. The legs are cut to shape, a tenon is turned onto one end and then they are given their final form by hand. All surfaces are hand planed, scraped and given a light sanding before receiving several coats of and oil/varnish blend that I mix in-house. This bench will be on display (and for sale) in the gallery at the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design.
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