Craftsmanship

Longtime friends & fellow craftsmen...
David Wade & Kenneth Smith

 

Building unit 2 of  mirrored image circulation counters & overhead lighting soffits. Series matched rift cut plywood & solid oak construction. The bands are solid oak, kerfed... but not thru the exposed bottom edge, bent & glued.  We are standing inside a removable structural frame matching an onsite metal frame.  Large  3 piece soffit was then brought together onsite, shop frame removed and jacked by multiple drywall jacks to slip over existing overhead onsite metal frame with fractional  amount of space to fit.  Overhead oak soffit sitting on top of wall structure for lower oak clad circulation counter.

 Over the years... we have worked well together developing, and still inspiring one another to push the limits of our fixture / cabinetry building technics & abilities.

 

Burton Lumber Millworks / Norfolk State University Library 1993