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Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 9:21 pm
by friso
Victoria wrote: ↑Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:11 pm
Beautifully crafted pieces friso. Thank you for your fine contributions
Thank you !
I hope to be posting more soon.
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:16 am
by friso
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 2:12 pm
by Darbotek
That maple burl is to die for!
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 12:18 pm
by friso
New tea tables with water collection !
1. Walnut table with copper teapot stand.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1338238 ... ro=1&frs=1
At first, this started as a personal project - I had this beautiful copper stand from bitterleaf, and wanted to use it in a custom built. I liked the contrast of the copper and the wood so much that I got more and came up with this little design. 3L water catcher underneath the copper tray!
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2. Walnut table with ambrosia maple teapot stand.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1338223 ... ro=1&frs=1
Similar general design, but this time the teapot stand is made from wood. Precisely, ambrosia maple wood, which brings a naturally contrasting color to the walnut. I wanted this table to be highly practical. The teapot stand is recessed in the top panel, to make sure that all excess water is directed to the sink. The stand diameter is around 11cm, large enough to fit most pots under 250ml.
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3. Live edge knot tea table.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1324227 ... ro=1&frs=1
This is a little different. The top panel is a bookmatch glue up (a thicker piece is resawn and folded open like a book to create this mirror-like grain pattern). It is centered around a natural, live edge knot, that acts as a drain for water collection. Incredible details on this walnut. The frame and base are maple wood.
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Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2022 1:26 pm
by debunix
Splendid pieces.
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:40 pm
by powersnacks
I love your trays. I hope you continue to make pieces without the indented tea pot area. I am left-handed and it keeps those ones off-limits. Definitely considering one of the others though
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 9:34 am
by friso
powersnacks wrote: ↑Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:40 pm
I love your trays. I hope you continue to make pieces without the indented tea pot area. I am left-handed and it keeps those ones off-limits. Definitely considering one of the others though
Hi. Duly noted - these few trays were indeed made with right-handed brewing in mind. Sorry about that. That said, I'm happy to customize my designs to meet any customer's preferences, and making these with the teapot stand on the left while the water tray faces the user is no problem at all.
I'm working on something different these days. I found out about the "kumiko" technique of laying out geometric grids made out of small intersected wooden piece... So, of course, I want (need) to make tea tables using this technique. Still on the drawing board !
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2022 7:09 pm
by powersnacks
That is awesome!!! Looking forward to seeing this!
Re: Friso Furniture - Wooden Teaware
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2023 3:46 pm
by debunix
Just back to post an update: after 5 months of several times daily use, and lots of drips, splashes and spills, I did my first maintenance treatment of my walnut table with Osmo liquid wax cleaner (sticking close to the finishing products used originally), and water is back to beading up on the surface. I won't wait quite so long for the next treatment. But it's good to know the finish really holds up well, and is very easy to maintain.