Creations in Wood 2015
15 to 26 September 2015 at the Lane Cove Gallery
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Artwork photos 2015
 1. Darren Oates |  2. Darren Oates |  3. Darren Oates |  4. Darren Oates |  5. Darren Oates |
 6. Darren Oates |  7. Warwick Wright |  8. Brian Dawson |  9. Brian Dawson |  10. Brian Dawson |
 11. Brian Dawson |  12. Brian Dawson |  13. Peter Stibilj |  14. Peter Stibilj |  15. DARYL P LAWRENCE |
 16. DARYL P LAWRENCE |  17. DARYL P LAWRENCE |  18. DARYL P LAWRENCE |  19. DARYL P LAWRENCE |  20. DARYL P LAWRENCE |
 21. Philip GREENWOOD |  22. Fred Blake |  23. Fred Blake |  24. JOHN BRASSELL |  25. JOHN BRASSELL |
 26. Matt Dwight |  27. Matt Dwight |  28. Matt Dwight |  29. Matt Dwight |  30. Matt Dwight |
 31. Matt Dwight |  32. Alex Springall |  33. Alex Springall |  34. Alex Springall |  35. Alex Springall |
 36. Alex Springall |  37. Alex Springall |  38. Peter Harris |  39. Peter Harris | |
 41. Brian Dawson |  42. Mitchell Sargeant |  43. Leon Van Vliet |  44. Richard Crosland |  45. Warwick Wright |
 46. Takashi Nishiura |  47. Takashi Nishiura |  48. Brent Gerstle |  49. Brent Gerstle |  50. Miko Nakamura |
 51. Warwick Wright |  52. Warwick Wright |  53. Ian Stewart |  54. Takashi Nishiura |  55. Peter Harris |
 56. JOHN BRASSELL |  57. JOHN BRASSELL |  58. JOHN BRASSELL |  59. Stuart Faulkner |
Artist Contact
| Darren Oates |
email: darrenoates@gmail.com
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| Warwick Wright |
email: warwick@grainwoodworks.com.au
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| Brian Dawson |
email: brian@valuesystems.com.au
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| Peter Stibilj |
email: pstibilj@bigpond.net.au
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| DARYL P LAWRENCE |
email: router@bigpond.net.au
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| Fred Blake |
Mobile: 0419 315 237 |
| Matt Dwight |
email: dwightmatt@hotmail.com
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| Alex Springall |
email: alex@springall-fine-woodwork.com
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| Richard Crosland |
email: richard@crosland.com.au
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| Takashi Nishiura |
email: takashi@japanwoodworking.com.au
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| Stuart Faulkner |
email: stuartfaulkner@ozemail.com.au
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Artwork Descriptions (Note that G represents Gallery catalogue number)
| 1 G53 |
Inlaid Wall Art – “Spiralay” No. 3 |
Australian Red Cedar & Northern Silky Oak
1240 x 30 x 1240 mm |
| 2 G18 |
Hall Table – “Kai” |
QLD Walnut & Northern Silky Oak
800 x 330 x 810 mm |
| 3 G12 |
Hall Table – “Pi” Darren Oates |
Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafrass, Northern Silky Oak & Blackbean
1400 x 430 x 805 mm |
| 4 G17 |
Hall Table – “Talon” Darren Oates |
Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafrass, Northern Silky Oak & Flooded Gum
1400 x 400 x 820 mm |
| 5 G1 |
Hall Table – “Parabolae” Darren Oates |
Tasmanian Blackheart Sassafrass, Victoria Ash
1500 x 330 x 805 mm |
|
6 |
Inlaid Wall Art – “Spiralay” No. 1 Darren Oates |
Australian Red Cedar, Silver Ash
800 x 30 x 800 mm |
| 7 G74 |
Coffee Table Warwick Wright |
Made from Wenge with tongue oil based finish
1075 X 400 X 400 mm |
| 8 G65 |
Chest Brian Dawson |
This chest is made from recycled American red and white oak. It was made for the “Create from a Crate “competition in which participants are given a couple of pallets to make what they will
1030 x 600 x 500 mm |
| 9 G48 |
Coffee table Brian Dawson |
Made from camphor laurel with a “river” and “lake” of float glass following natural fault lines
1150 x 600 x 140 mm |
| 10 G43 G7 |
Lumpy Boxes Brian Dawson |
Made from various woods, including jarrah, huon pine, cedar and myrtle |
| 11 | iPad stands Brian Dawson |
Made from huon pine, figured jarrah, marri, queen ebony
G11, G28, G46, G66 |
| 12 G50 |
Box of African mahogany Brian Dawson |
Box of African mahogany, with a serrated front
300 x 210 x 125 mm |
| 13 G56 |
Cabinet Wood in Motion #5 Peter Stibilj |
Buffet with 4 drawers and tambour doors, Blackwood, Rimu and Spotted gum
1600 x 450 x 750 mm |
| 14 G54 |
Bench seat Peter Stibilj |
Spotted gum |
| 15 G45 |
DOCUMENT BOX DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This is a box made with Red Cedar Veneer top and bottom and solid red cedar sides. The top has been ‘Book Matched‘ to appear like an animal face. The top and bottom are lined with 5mm felt.
310 x 210 x 70 mm |
| 16 G47 |
Red Cedar coffee table DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This Coffee Table is made from Australian Red Cedar and has an Ebony Inlay around the tabletop with highlights of Indian Rosewood in the mitres on the top and on the front and sides of the four legs. The top has been French Polished and the legs and frame have been given a good coat of Shellac. It is a table that is well proportioned and a pleasure to touch and feel.
1000 x 420 x 440 mm |
| 17 G61 |
Carved Bowl DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This bowl has been carved from a “Myrtle Burl” sprayed with pre-cat lacquer and then highly polished. it resembles “Uluru” and has industrial felt on the bottom to avoid scratching of a table.
480 x 380 x 160 mm |
| 18 G42 |
Bullock Yokes DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This is a nickname given to our Hat and Coat Hook ensemble. These are made from various timbers and come in a “satin” or “gloss” finish. The timbers and finishes vary with each one, some being “lacquered” and some finished with a burst of “sunburst” to highlight the timber used.
680 x 150 x 120 mm |
| 19 G25 |
Specialty Jewellery Box DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This is a Jewellery Box made from a solid piece of “spalted timber and made on an overhead router. It is lined with “Black Flock” to give it a look of elegance. This type of timber is extremely rare and this box is one of a kind.
300 x 90 x 80 mm |
| 20 G79 |
Birds Eye Huon Pine Jewellery Box DARYL P LAWRENCE |
This is a beautiful box made with a rare “Veneer” called “Birds Eye Huon Pine”.
220 x 120 x 60 mm |
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21 |
Toast tongs Philip GREENWOOD |
These tongs use timber from another time and place. They can save lives and bring pleasure at the same time. 150 x 40 x 20 mm |
| 22 G77 |
Carved Bowl «Uruku 12» Fred Blake |
Huon pine. The pentagram figure (5-pointed star) dates to pre-4000 BCE on cave walls of Uruku, Mesopotamia. It is the apparent mathematical source, in the isosceles triangle of each point of the star, of the golden mean.
200 x 200 x 75 mm |
| 23 G68 |
Large carved bowl «Huon Sun» Fred Blake |
Huon pine burl, Australian red cedar. When living and working among the lovely timbers of Tasmania, such as Huon pine bowls become “de rigueur”. Centre of burl carved out, the edge profile inspired by escarpments of the Blue Mountains. Outer surface left in its deeply indented natural form. Cedar base carved and stained.
700 x 600 x 350 mm |
| 24 G60 |
Table JOHN BRASSELL |
Jarrah Hall table. Table is constructed entirely from the one piece of Jarrah. Legs are steam bent laminates.
700 x 350 x 8000 mm |
| 25 G55 |
Guitar JOHN BRASSELL |
Tiger Myrtle with spruce top and mahogany neck and ebony fingerboard.
400 x 200 x 700 mm |
| 26 G15 |
White Box Burl Bowl Matt Dwight |
White Box burl bowl. The exterior surface has been textured to create contrast to the eye and to the touch. Finished with Livos oil.
350 x 350 x 100 mm |
| 27 G3 |
English Oak Salad Bowl Matt Dwight |
Turned salad bowl, English Oak. Part of Australia’s history. This timber was salvaged from Canberra’s Constitution Avenue. Of approximately 250 existing English and Pin Oak trees, 120 were removed for the redevelopment and upgrade of Constitution Avenue. Finished with food safe oil and bee’s wax. Representative of my production Salad Bowls.
290 x 290 x 90 mm |
| 28 G72 |
Green turned sculptural bowl in Banksia Matt Dwight |
Green turned bowls made from Banksia salvaged from Avalon after the April 2015 storms. Turned green and allowed to season. Finished with Livos oil.
170 x 170 x60 mm |
| 29 G73 |
Green turned sculptural bowl in Banksia Matt Dwight |
Green turned bowls made from Banksia salvaged from Avalon after the April 2015 storms. Turned green and allowed to season. Finished with Livos oil.
150 x 150 x 50 mm |
| 30 G64 |
Coolibah Burl Bowl Matt Dwight |
Coolibah Burl Bowl. A large bowl designed to be fondled. My aim was to give the impression of a polished pebble. Finished with Livos oil.
500 x 500 x 75 mm |
| 31 G63 |
Turpentine Salad Bowl |
Turned salad bowl, Turpentine. The timber was salvaged during the clearing of a fire break behind Pennant Hills High School in Sydney’s north. Finished with food safe oil and bee’s wax. Representative of my production Salad bowls.
235 x 235 x 85 mm |
| 32 G13 |
Box Alex Springall |
Legged jewellery box with two trays, in southern silky oak and Australian red cedar. The silky oak was recovered from a tree growing in a back yard in Lane cove. The cedar was recovered from old house fittings by a European cabinetmaker who came to Australia in the 1950s, and passed on to the maker by his granddaughter.
205 x 205 x 175mm |
| 33 G57 |
Box Alex Springall |
Trinket box in Huon pine and Australian red cedar. The cedar in this box was recovered from old house fittings by a European cabinetmaker who came to Australia in the 1950s, and passed on to the maker by his granddaughter.
265 x 165 x 70 mm |
| 34 G24 |
Box Alex Springall |
A simple square trinket box in Huon pine and Australian red cedar. The cedar in this box was recovered from old house fittings by a European cabinetmaker who came to Australia in the 1950s, and passed on to the maker by his granddaughter.
160 x 160 x 90 mm |
| 35 G59 |
Table lamp Alex Springall |
Table lamp made from recycled materials – Australian red cedar, conifer oysters and hand made paper made from recycled rags and denim. The lamp may be easily dismantled for moving or storage.
260 x 260 x 650 mm |
| 36 G6 |
Box Alex Springall |
Small wooden box made from huon pine & jarrah.
90 x 90 x 60 mm |
| 37 G26 |
Pen box Alex Springall |
Box for two pens, in American cherry and satin.
165 x 95 x 65 mm |
| 38 G8 |
Small box Peter Harris |
Alaskan yellow cedar box with flooded gum trim.
200 x 130 x 40 mm |
| 39 G80 |
Box Peter Harris |
Box of Alaskan yellow cedar with flooded gum trim.
200 x 130 x 60 mm |
| 41 G67 |
Marquetry Box Brian Dawson |
Various timbers 300 x 150 x 60 mm |
| 42 G51 |
Games Table Mitchell Sargeant |
A multipurpose games table based on David Roentgen’s 18th Century masterpiece. Tassie Blackwood as primary timber, with Huon Pine and Jarrah inlays/marquetry and Kauri Pine drawer sides. Constructed as major project for 2014 HSC subject ‘Timber products and furniture industries’.
1000 x 1000 x 850 mm |
| 43 G10 |
Stool Leon Van Vliet |
3 Legged American Walnut stool, with split tenon and dovetail joinery.
530 x 370 x 800 mm |
| 44 G81 |
Go-Kart Richard Crosland |
Working model of Go-Kart
1400 x 900 x 600 mm |
| 45 G52 |
Floor lamp Warwick Wright |
Silver Ash with shade
300 x 300 x 1680 mm |
| 46 G58 G2 |
Clock Takashi Nishiura |
Various timbers
100 x 100 x 43 mm |
| 47 G78 G79 |
Box 1 Takashi Nishiura |
Various timbers
100 x 90 x 30 mm |
| 48 G4 |
Small folding side table Brent Gerstle |
Folding hexagonal occasional table with detailed parquetry patterned table top. Folds flat to be “stored and displayed” against a wall using a very small footprint, but when needed can be unfolded and locked as a side table.
400 x 400x 510 mm |
|
49 |
Box Brent Gerstle |
Box with Jarrah top and recycled timber sides. Inlayed motif on box top. Internal lining of box is Emu skin. Feet of Jarrah
240 x 90 x 85 mm |
| 50 G44 |
Tissue Box Case Miko Nakamura |
Made from Honduras Mahogany and Huon Pine
250 x 135 x 155 mm |
| 51 G14 |
Pair of side tables Warwick Wright |
Figured Tas. Oak & Blackwood
380 x 380 x 430 mm |
| 52 G71 |
Coffee Table Warwick Wright |
Made from Norfolk Island Pine
865 x 350 x 400 mm |
| 53 G16 |
Lounge Chair Ian Stewart |
Morris Chair, similar to those made by Stickley Bros around early 1900’s. Made from USA white oak, grain filled, blonde shellac then sprayed lacquer finish and leather upholstery.
1000 x 1000 x 1200 mm |
| 54 G19 G20 |
Box 2 Takashi Nishiura |
Various timbers
100 x 100 x 32 mm |
| 55 | A selection of the coasters Peter Harris |
Various timbers 100 x 100 x 6 G22, G23, G21, G69, G40, G36, G75, G34, G30, G82, G31, G35, G39, G38, G37, G83, G32, G41, G33 |
| 56 G49 |
Box 1 JOHN BRASSELL |
Jacaranda, lace she oak, red cedar, Tasmanian oak, New Guinea rosewood and huon pine.
350 X 250 X 130 mm |
| 57 G76 |
Box 2 JOHN BRASSELL |
Silky oak, red cedar, huon pine, Tasmanian myrtle, New Guinea rosewood and Tasmanian leatherwood.
350 X 250 X 135 mm |
| 58 G9 |
Box 2 JOHN BRASSELL |
Silky oak, red cedar, Tasmanian myrtle, huon pine and New Guinea rosewood.
350 X 25 X 120 mm |
| 59 G62 |
Woodworking Bench “mybench2” Stuart Faulkner |
As a designer, maker and teacher, I have long been interested in designing my “ideal” workbench. It is the heart of every workshop. Drawing upon classic woodwork bench designs and using modern technology and sustainable materials I present to you, MyBench2 – furniture for your workshop.
1600 x 600 x 900 mm |