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MAYURESHV WOODWORKS

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Mayuresh Visswanathan

Fine furniture maker & designer

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Some projects as of the past few months - cabinets, tables, new species of woods, learned to turn bowls, and new animal friends

My next two pieces of furniture are ottomans to accompany the lounge chair I posted a while back. Traditionally, most ottomans follow a nearly identical design to the chair they accompany and the piece as a whole may feel as an afterthought. When I designed these ottomans, my goal was to create a piece that could stand alone and make “sense” in a room without the chairs. However, when the ottoman was actually next to the chair, I wanted the piece to complement the chair in a way that elevates the chair into the spotlight. In essence, a piece that can stand firmly on its own, but is humble enough to support the star of the show.

Though the design was relatively simple, these ottomans taught me to pay attention to the details. Given the amount of parts and tight tolerances, machine set-up and joint layouts were critical. The piece has tons of hidden details in it like subtle sculpted surfaces, wedged tenon joinery, handmade plugs to cover hardware, and inlay strips in the cross brace. It features a lightly contoured seat, dominant cross-brace, and two-legged design. Like the chair it goes with, it is made from American Black Cherry and Ribbon Sapele with all hand-cut joinery and hand-sculpted profiles. It is finished with several coats of polymerized pure tung oil and some wax to create a buttery smooth surface. This ottoman is intended to serve both as a footrest and single-seating bench.

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Over the past 4 months, I have been designing and building a pair of lounge chairs made from cherry and sapele wood. It has been the most difficult project I’ve completed to date, but it has been immensely rewarding.

The chairs feature a “floating” back rest, a deeply sculpted wide seat, and a dominant crest rail. Every joint has been cut by hand, and nearly every component of the chair has hand-sculpted profiles. It is the perfect living room chair for relaxing while promoting good posture over time.

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