Apr 16, 2010

Figured Bubinga Conoid Chairs



Aimee, Mike and Tim of Tassajara Design
with one of their figured Bubinga Conoid Chairs




Tassajara Design recently completed an 8 piece set of Figured Bubinga Conoid chairs for a client in Georgia. These chairs turned out great!

Mike selected two large Bubinga Slabs from a batch we recently received here at the shop and used pretty much all of the available material for the construction of these eight chairs


Mike with one of the large Bubinga slabs before he started constructing the chairs.

Personally we like the way Tassajara creatively used some of the figured sapwood throughout different parts of each chair. The sapwood seemed to be just as figured as the heartwood and its contrasting light color definitely gave the chairs a more organic feel.


Below are some pictures of the very first chair Tassajara completed in the set, enjoy-


Imagine a 8 of these guys in your dining room-







Now that is some figure!











Here you can see that use of the light sapwood we spoke about






Also as a side note-
Tassajara constructed an extra one for themselves which will be entered into the
"Design in Wood" competition at the San Diego County fair in June/July 2010.

Make sure to check it out if you have a chance, these pictures don't do the chairs justice! You have to see them in person to really appreciate the beauty of the wood and of the design.


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