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Moon Bear Free-Standing Cabinet 48”H X 28”W X 18”D
Moon Bear: Spalted maple cabinet
There was a maple not far from a path I frequented. A grand sentinel, he stood broad and tall. I first noticed a fungal growth about its base in ’02, and in ’03 I saw it was worsening fast, so I felled it before it could rot out entire. Oh, how the ground shook.
The first 9 feet were rotted hollow. Where I cut clean I counted the rings, an eye-crossing effort for they were so tight and close. This tree struggled for light all its life, growing slowly, and when I had them all counted I understood what shook the ground and me so deeply. For 360 years this tree had taken a gesture, and grown thick with intention.
"Moon Bear" Interior
Swerengen Free-Standing Cabinet 42”H X 22”W X 15”D
"Swerengun" Spalted Birch Cabinet
The wood for this cabinet came from a birch that lost a limb in a storm of ’02. When I cut into it for its felling, water poured out around the saw, enough to wet me good from the knees down. I counted the rings as 320, and that was eight feet up on the tree. Once it was cut and stacked, I gave it 4 years to dry. The dimensions of this piece were then determined by what was usable in these slabs.
The design is based on Al Swerengen’s liquor cabinet from the HBO series “Deadwood.” It struck me as a proud & useful size for a cabinet. The casework is hand dovetailed, paired to fit, & the spring latch I carved specific for this piece, finished with many coats of hand rubbed oil.
Interior, birch cabinet
