Dining Table

Homage to Nakashima

George Nakashima was a Japanese-American woodworker-architect and furniture maker who was one of the leading innovators of 20th century furniture design. He is considered the Father of the American craft movement. This table is a homage to him and carefully mimics Nakashima's signature style of work, large scale wood tables with smooth slab form tops with live edges. Like his designs, this table consists of multiple slabs connected with butterfly joints, however it pushes the concepts further by adding contrasting walnut. This is meant to symbolize the dirt which nourished the tree during its life, carved root like motif symbolizing the roots which supported and fed the tree, and finally the carved rock motif that symbolize the solidness of the earth and the anchors that aided in supporting the tree.

Materials:

Black walnut and book matched slab wormy and spalted maple Construction: Mortice and tenons construction for the frame and inset double dovetails or butterflies securing the book matched slabs. The table is finished with 8 hand rubbed coats of a natural resin phenolic varnish and bees wax based paste wax.