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Awesome stuff. I assume the non-wood parts are concrete?
JimD:
Thank You. Yeah it's all precast concrete.
Wow, really different stuff. I so enjoy that. Good for you keep up the great work.
Very cool looking and innovative. I really like the last coffee table, are those dowels in the top.
Thank you. Thank you. They're not really dowels. They're square, so more like through tennons to support the span. that was part of a Japanese inspired sister set I did.
too cool for words. made my morning
These are really creative designs - very impressive. The finishing on the concrete is fantastic. I'm curious what kind of environment these pieces can handle. Living on the east coast forces some serious issues with expansion and contraction. Does the contact between concrete and wood pose any movement problems down the road? Again, this is really beautiful work!
These are really creative designs - very impressive. The finishing on the concrete is fantastic. I'm curious what kind of environment these pieces can handle. Living on the east coast forces some serious issues with expansion and contraction. Does the contact between concrete and wood pose any movement problems down the road? Again, this is really beautiful work!
Thank you.
I am always concerned with the movement of the materials wether it be wood or concrete. I try to design my work with this in mind, and I have yet to have had a failure due to movement. I design certain elements of the joinery to allow for expansion and contraction by leaving very small gaps. I also use a very high tech concrete recipe which increases the tensile strength exponentially.
Two other tables not shown here have been in NYC for about two years now with no problems that I know of. Knock on wood.
I really like the frailty of the cocktail table on the top. I'm also really in awe of the joinery on that middle coffee table with the coopered red legs and concrete top.
Were these pieces in some sort of gallery or is this your showroom? Either way I like how you used cinder blocks as the "stands".
Very cool. Nice contrast between the concrete and wood. I like it.
