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@ fastfwd
Did I do something wrong with the posting? I don't understand what happened there.

Even though some of the designs are quite complex I like them. The combination of materials works very well and I particularly like the form of the first table.
Are you at all influenced by Japanese craft and architecture?

love the tables...the...
love the tables...the cinderblock however i find very distracting and no way complimentary to your beautifully delicate tables... I would find something else to place your work on next time :/ all I see is massive amounts of cinderblock.
amazing tables though, really

why tables
and why the cinder blocks?

No, nothing "wrong", Leslie.
I just put the images in the "associated web images" boxes and resized them to 500 pixels wide so they'd be easier to see without having to cut and paste URLs.
I like #5 best, btw.

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4th for me, best combination of materials and quite simple, the one with the bamboo (?) ply, number 5, looks like a catastrophic failure waiting to happen.

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I do overall like the combination of materials but would like to see it reversed, concrete supports, wood surfaces.

"number 5, looks like a catastrophic failure waiting to happen"
Yeah, I think that's why I like it so much.
I assume that the instability of the wood-to-concrete connection is an illusion -- perhaps the inner corner of the wooden leg is notched so the tabletop can rest on it, or there are hidden wooden crossmembers pressed into grooves in the underside of the table (like the rails pressed into grooves on the top of Table #1).

Its not that aspect of it,...
Its not that aspect of it, any force applied front to back (with the added weight of the concrete) will stress the plies in that lamination more than is really safe.

Oh, I see.
I guess its placement next to a wall in the photo made me imagine it only against a wall.

Thanks for the feedback.
@ H.Moon
Yeah i am interested in Japanese furniture and architecture.
About the cinder blocks...
These are all pictures from my BFA show. It was in a formal gallery space. The cinder blocks were my solution for pedastals for several reasons:
Being that I was in a Fine Art program these pieces are represented as works of art, rather than merely furniture. As such they needed to be removed from the ordinary position in which we are used to interacting with our furniture. The cinder blocks allowed me to arrange the display of the tables is such a way that it forces people out of thier comfort zone. Engaging with an object of commonplace in an uncommon enviroment makes people uncomfortable.
The cinder blocks also play on the materiality of the peices and the normal conceptions of concrete. The juxtoposition of the rough, raw cinder blocks next to the finely polished concrete in the table highlights the versatility of the material and the labor of the craft.
@heath
First off, thank you. #4 is is one of my favorites as well. I know the overall form looks simple, but on the contrary it was actually one of the most complex/difficult peieces I have done.
#5 is bamboo ply, but it is actually very stong. That table wieghs about 350lbs and the solid concrete foot makes it nearly imposible to torsion the bamboo leg. Its very stable. Oh and it is splined and epoxied into the concrete.
And it was meant to go against a wall as well.
@fastfwd
#5 is actually in a museum right now, super excited about that.
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