November is almost done and December is just around the corner.

It seems like things have slowed down but really they haven’t. The end of last month and the beginning of this month found me tooling around North Carolina in the snow on a motorcycle, down into North Georgia and then back home. 

The beginning of the rest of the month found me shooting new pictures for my portfolio and for some printed collateral that I will be sending out in Dec.  I now am the proud owner of a photo studio so to speak. I’ve always wanted one.

That all brings me back to the Carl Auböck table. Carl was a Bauhaus era designer that has this uncanny design that is similar to one of mine. Although I’d never seen his work till my wife sent me a link, I figure since he did it before me, he should get some credit. Anyway, here’s the progress of that table. It’s made from Swietenia Mahogany. It’s a mahogany native to South Florida. It’s also a wood that was salvaged from North Key Largo in the early 70’s during the construction of Ocean Reef Yacht Club and community. Where this once numerous species grew is now a fabulous golf course. 

This particular section is from the lower trunk and the start of the roots. This tree had been dead for many years before it was found. It was speculated that it had been killed during a hurricane flood of the area it was in.

Although I have only seen pictures of the Aurora Borealis, that’s what this section of wood reminds me of. Unfortunately this coloration will change over time as the UV rays darken the wood.

Here is a close up of this very unusual hardwood.

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I plan on incorporating more of this material in my pieces in the future.

Keep posted and thanks for stopping by.

Cheers,

Paul 

Carl Auböck, an Austrian designer,

lived before my time. I just met him today. My wife sent me a link to a guy that she thought had designed stuff that was kinda like my style. She was right, or I’m designing stuff kinda like his style?

This is a project I’m working on:

Now my Mahogany root section has no legs but if you’re familiar with my stuff, you know I like tripods.

Carl Auböck’s table:

Sigh! History comes to bite me in the ass. 

Homage to Mr. Auböck: This is a cocktail table 17″h x about 58″ x 40″

The color pattern is natural to this wood; Swietenia Mahogany.

This is the underside detail showing the original crosscut chainsaw marks made by the sawyer that sliced this from the original root section.  

Foot detail: 

My wife’s reaction to this piece was “It looks like a bird house!” All I heard was “B I  R   D    H      O      U        S            E        ” slowing down like a record that has been stopped mid     s o  n   g.    All I could think was WWWWWWWWWHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! She tried to fix it by saying “I mean in an organic way.” That didn’t help. So, without further ado; here is the B I  R  D   H     O     U      S       E lamp. Yes it’s a lamp. Deep sighhhhhhhhhhh!