What a view in Vermont. Lamp size was chosen so as not to interfere with the view. A matching floor lamp sits across the room to the left, stunning Bordeaux finish on quarter sawn oak for both pieces. Sometimes I’m a little jealous of where my lamps end up.
Shields and a new customer Steven at the St. Johns River Festival of the Arts, Sanford FL
Small display for zoom calls during covid
Cigar Box Lamp, New Premium Edition, Stunning Camacho “Triple Maduro” Box with special metal 3D emblem on lid. Check out the beautiful figure in the solid cherry base! Sold very quickly at the Windermere Art Show 2022.
Mount Dora Arts Festival 2023. One of our favorite shows. Making many friends here. This is Friday night after setting up, show starts Saturday morning. Rare display of the famous Craftsman Column lamp (back right) Too bad it’s not a night show, right?
Shade frames and supports coming together including the new Pattern D prototype (the extra wide frame in top right). The new Pattern D is a double column lamp patterned after a Bankers or Desk Lamp.
Ron’s stunning Craftsman Cottage in CA. Pattern A Floor Lamp in Cherry and Dark Amber mica takes it’s place among the amazing collection of Craftsman pieces from a devoted fan of the genre.
Sneak peek! Craftsman Column Lamp. Built on commission for an amazing architect in Manhattan. Full 60 inches tall, made with Cherry (in my Deep Cherry finish) and Curly Maple with Golden Honey Amber finish. Six “60 watt” equivalent Edison style LED’s, fully dimmable with Leviton household rotary switch hidden in the upper pyramid. Absolutely stunning in person. Full photo shoot is planned.
Epic Craftsman Column Lamp in it’s forever home! David’s colossal House Boat “Das Boot”! Thanks you David for asking me to stretch my boundaries and supporting my endeavors….
Two lucky brothers, Mom’s Christmas presents for her grown sons.
Milling White Oak in North Carolina.
Pattern C (Tall), in Walnut with dark amber mica. Always the Rock Star at the Art Shows. Happy with the view in it’s beautiful new home, out in the country in Tennessee
A closer view, the color came out excellent! Like it’s always been there. Ron’s new reading companion stands ready and is obviously very happy in it’s new home.
Craftsman Column Lamp base detail. Pictures don’t do it justice…. The colors are very rich in person.
Windermere Art Show 2020, Second Place Overall (there was no woodworking category).
Big Thanks to Anne Scharer who invited this old Craftsman to participate. She knew that I should be at Art Shows.
Windermere Fine Arts 2020, our first art show ever. Just 2 weeks before covid shut everything down
Mount Dora Spring Festival 2021, wearing my new Italian Sport coat, that I got from the Outlet Store! Ha!
In the shop. Saw dust is my life…..
Pocket Valets, nice collector grade boxes mounted to solid cherry.
Jim and Pam’s Tall Pattern A. Cherry with a light natural finish. Medium amber mica that has a honey color that compliments the finish perfectly. This lamp has a perfect view of a stunning central Florida lake (off to the right). Beautiful piece, beautiful home…
Milling some serious white oak. Some of these logs weigh almost 2,500 lbs.
Gurkha box on a rustic brown oak base. Looked like a shipping crate, had to go on brown oak like a tall ship. Aaaaargh!!!
Pattern A Floor lamp with junction box in base so cord would be easy to replace if needed
Pattern B Tall in Natural Cherry, sharing space with a beautiful Morris Craftsman chair. Very happy in it’s new home.
Dust Collector I built for the shop. A Frankenstein of sorts. Note the 6 inch mains, very effective. Large capacity and it’s mobile, disconnect the flex pipe and roll out for servicing.
Stacking oak in solar kiln, it will hold about 300 to 400 board feet but I rarely load that much. It is made portable, it breaks down, laid flat and can be relocated. The four circulation fans run on a timer.
St James Court Art Show Louisville, KY. Our booth was set up in front of this beautiful Victorian Home on 4th Street, in “Old Louisville”. This area is considered the largest collection of Victorian homes in the Nation, they specialized in brick construction.
Very Special, Matched Pair Standard Ht. Pattern C’s, Quarter Sawn Oak in dark Mission finish. Went to a beautiful ranch in Prescot, Arizona.
Windermere Fine Art Show, Windermere FL, 2022. We stayed late the first day to get some shots as it got dark. The display looks way better than in the bright sun, looks much more like the lamps when they get home.
“Art Show”, 8 paintings, 1 photo and a lamp! Not where I expected to be….
But, I’m accepted, appreciated, welcomed and occasionally I win an award….
Wow! Wasn’t expecting this! 2022 Maitland Art Show “Award of Excellence”. I’m here with the judges Dan Hess (left) and Trent Tomengo.
Custom Camacho Triple Maduro, on solid cherry, 1 1/2 inch thick uprights and stunning Bordeaux color.
All for our amazing friends Mark and Dawn.
Close inspection is the standard. If it looks good with my magnifiers in the serious lighting I have in the shop, then it will look good in your home. Note the large sled type jig on the left, it only cuts the angle for the floor lamp uprights. These 2 matched boards will be cut to make the 4 angled legs for one floor lamp.
Myself and Lynn, my wonderful wife (who I do not deserve, by the way…), at Windermere Fine Art 2023
Elite of the Elite! Special custom build. This lamp now has a view of the Manhattan Skyline. The back is a special build, the uprights are an inch and a quarter thick, no seams.
Custom “one off” Elite series nearing completion. La Aurora 120th Anniversary, solid walnut base with first ever “flared” open back! Clam shell box, quadrant hinges, trim and metal emblem on top all in bright copper finish. Special order bright copper lamp hardware to match. Finished box interior in walnut color and special liner with velvet from cover bag with logo. The largest built to date!
Here’s the La Aurora at home in beautiful Pearl Harbor HI! A special birthday gift from Tracy, to her husband Paul, a career Navy man stationed at Pearl, who she insists is still “Smokin’ Hot!”. Thank you for your service. And God Bless America!
This La Aurora is one of the coolest boxes I’ve ever worked with. I love the clamshell lid and the copper accents.
Natalie’s beautiful library with her Pattern A floor lamp. This lamp is a special build. Quarter sawn oak with a unique Golden Amber color. Honestly, one of my favorite floor lamps I have ever made. So glad to see it in such a special place.
A LOT of detailed sanding goes into each one.
Matched Pair, Pattern C’s in walnut. Nice light pattern on wall. Beautiful addition to a cozy space.
Shields and wife Lynn, the whole thing was her idea!!!
Pattern A’s, B’s and the very first Pattern C.
Pattern B in Special one off color “Bordeaux”. Now in it’s new home, a gorgeous stone house from the 1900’s
Craftsman Lamps, Beautiful matched pair, Pattern C’s in solid walnut with dark amber mica. This combination has quickly become our most popular offering.
The Famous “Maduro Bob” (Johnson) and his brand new Wood Miser LT15 at his place in NC. Celebrating the new equipment with some good bourbon.
Bob is one of my oldest and closest friends (since 4th grade), a famous celebrity Luthier, Craftsman of the finest Cigar Box Guitars. He’s my inspiration for my line of “Original Gentleman’s Pocket Valet Cigar box Lamps”. Just Sayin…..
Pattern Lamp Shade frames, step one of grain matching.
Prototype Pattern C, switch and lamp test, ahem….. and bourbon sampling. Great ending to the day.
One of literally dozens of jigs. This one is for aligning and clamping floor lamp columns.
Got to be straight, got to be tight, got to be as perfect as possible. Just sayin…..
Gentleman’s Cigar box lamps going through finish stages.
This is the Fountain at St James Court and the center point of the Art Show. Rated the number one show in America for several years. There will be about 600 Artists arrayed in several blocks in every direction.
One of a kind “Camacho Barrel Aged” on a medium cherry base. Cheerfully meeting guests at the door.
Pattern C in Walnut, happy in it’s new home. Can’t help but look at it every time you walk past.