Rusty Plane Woodworks Gallery

Welcome to our Studio Gallery!

Below are some items we have made for our clients.  Click on an item to see a larger image.  Remember.  most of our work is one of a kind and we have no inventory of any of the items you see unless noted in the item description.  Would you like to join our mailing list to see items for sale from time to time?         If yes, click here                  Email us  

 

 

Hand carved three legged stool in walnut and ash.

 

 

Unique hand carved and shaped office or desk chair influenced by Arts and Crafts, Greene and Greene and Maloof styles. It is built of quartersawn white oak with walnut accents. Back is laminated into comfortable curves. It is stained with aniline dyes and has a low luster oil finish. It is built for a tall and/or large individual.  Donated to the Furniture Society Auction, Indianapolis, 2006

 

Custom designed music stand in curly maple and walnut with laminated curved top pieces. Stand and legs are hand carved and shaped. Visible joinery is apparent with mortise and tenon with through dowels in the legs and "socks". Parts of this piece were influenced by the style of Sam Maloof. Height is adjustable with handmade walnut handle. Finish is oil, varnish, and wax mixture.

 

 

Maloof style settee hand sculpted in cherry and walnut with an oil finish

 

 

Maloof style settee in White oak with aniline dyes and oil finish

 

 

 

From a planned series of work named "UnderCurrents" this is a sculptural box with a functional twist. Secret compartment opens to hold special items. Quilted maple and walnut.

 

5 Drawer Mission Style coffee table in quarter sawn white oak, with mortise and tenon construction throughout, dovetailed drawers. Finish is aniline dyes with shellac and polyurethane finish.

 

This one of a kind table has hand carved legs and incorporates many of the joints found in timberframe homes including housed mortise and tenons, splines, pegs, and knee braces. Built from salvaged Honduran mahogany with cherry and Madagascar Rosewood accents. Custom dyed with five colors of water-based aniline dyes and finished with an oil-based polyurethane finish.

 

 

 

Reproduction of a classic steamer trunk in oak with walnut banding.

 

 

Custom designed Mission Style cabinet in quartersawn white oak. Mortise and tenon construction throughout, aniline dyes for color and traditional shellac finish.

 

 

Quartersawn white oak constructed with mortise and tenon and dovetail joinery throughout. Finished with aniline dyes and a traditional shellac finish.

 

 

17 foot cedar strip sea kayak with white oak and mahogany cockpit. This boat was featured in Wooden Boat magazine in the late summer/fall edition 2003

 

 

Custom oak chest with cedar lining constructed using dovetailed joinery in the case. Secret compartment on inside bottom

 

 

Custom designed music stand in bird's eye maple and cherry finished in tung oil and shellac. Leg detail shown enlarged below.

 

 

 

Reproduction of a woodworker's chest from days past featuring mahogany with detailed dovetailing throughout.

Not for sale.

 

 

 

Kidney shaped desk with contemporarty style, custom designed for a working engineer. It is constructed of 1 1/4 inch solid cherry.

 

 

 

 

Mission style desk in quartersawn white oak with a deep mahogany stain. Classic mortise and tenon construction throughout. Aniline dye finish.

 

 

Reproduction in the style of the Arts and Craft or Mission style in quartersawn white oak, handforged copper hardware, fine mortise and tenon joinery. Leaf and acorn carving on front apron and oak leaf cut outs on the end slats.

 

 

Custom designed cabinet with an Arts and Crafts feel to its design, made for placement of a granite slab inlay for the top.

 

 

 

 

Dining table of quartersawn hardwood oak with cutouts on the cross braces of the base and floral inlay work on the top.

 

 

 

This sewing cabinet is constructed of solid cherry and cherry plywood with fold out top and pop-up sewing machine.

 

 

Walnut and maple cigar box with Brusso solid brass hinges and Spanish Cedar lining. Large double dovetailed corner feature.