Dining Table

“A Coming Together”

We designed the dining table to be a very functional piece of art work with its decoration commemorating the Neo-Plasticism Movement and a sub movement arising out of Holland in the 1918 time period known as De Stijl and one of its members, Piet Mondrian, with his recognizable combination of primary colored squares and rectangles, separated by horizontal and vertical lines. The use of the large number of wood species and grain patterns from over 20 counties with different cultures and languages, symbolizes for us, the coming together of the different family members and friends over time to share a common meal in hopes that the table will be a unifying piece of functional art. The negative space flanking the center medial support of each trestle style pedestal accentuates the rectilinear shape of the top and emphasizes the positive and negative aspects of life. The use of “old stock” wood, Plyboo, moderately low VOC coatings and low VOC, and our electricity is supplied via photovoltaic solar panels all follows LEED Platinum, Gold, and Silver Certifications guidelines, Green Practices, and Best Practices. We utilize all of the wood fragments in our work that may lie on a machine or bench top or floor ensuring there is no waste.

Construction:

Hand cut dovetails in our signature pattern to attach the pedestal frames, lap dovetails to secure the two support stretchers, blind mortise and tenons to secure the medial support, Dados for alignment of the center brace, tongue and groove joints for the skirt cap, and wood screws to secure the top to the trestle stile frame. All the joints were secured with fish glue. The custom cut 1/8th” veneer was cut from “old stock” fragments and small boards which we have collected for over 30 years and were secured with fish glue to a Plyboo substrate, which has been veneered on its underside.