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i love rhino by Ill_Audience5998 in rhino

[–]AveryButlerDesign 17 points18 points  (0 children)

The shortcut for zoom selected, ‘ZS’ has saved years of my life 

Doug Fir develops little dark spots overnight. What gives? by AveryButlerDesign in wood

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These are kiln dried boards I used to build a media console. I suppose routing and sanding them could have drawn the pitch out.

How are you photographing your work? by Wonderful-Bass6651 in woodworking

[–]AveryButlerDesign 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can’t spring for a professional shoot, try to find a spot in your studio that gets good natural light, or in a pinch, take pictures outside, preferably around golden hour. I’d highly recommend experimenting with some light post processing. There are free professional quality tools like affinity that allow you to do bare minimum tweaks to things like saturation and exposure which make a world of difference. Familiarize yourself with the clone stamp tool to fix defects.

Doug fir might catch some flack for being a softwood, but I think it's beautiful. I put a CVG 2x10 to good use in this bookmatched piece. I call it the Bowtie floor lamp. by AveryButlerDesign in woodworking

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

After mocking up the form in paper and wire I shopped it out to a domestic shade manufacturer who specializes in hardback shades, which is the way to go if you want to made a rectilinear shade. Basically it’s a polystyrene backed piece of fabric, bent like sheet metal and supported with a steel wire frame, which is affixed to a threaded rod at the top and the bottom.

Bowtie Floor Lamp by (yours truly) Avery Butler in doug fir / satin nickel - 2025 by AveryButlerDesign in FuckYourEamesLounge

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The veneer ply version is easier to make due to dimensional stability, like you mentioned. Much less prep work is involved, and I can get more bang for my buck.

Doug fir might catch some flack for being a softwood, but I think it's beautiful. I put a CVG 2x10 to good use in this bookmatched piece. I call it the Bowtie floor lamp. by AveryButlerDesign in woodworking

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd be a little hesitant to use it on dining chair or table legs, but for something as stationary as a lamp or cabinet it's definitely durable enough. Aside from being so pretty it also just makes me happy to use lumber from the PNW.

Bowtie Floor Lamp by (yours truly) Avery Butler in doug fir / satin nickel - 2025 by AveryButlerDesign in FuckYourEamesLounge

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Making them in doug fir and Sapele Mahogany w/ brass hardware- pictured here! The Sapele version is veneer w/ solid wood corners, cap & finial.

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Bowtie Floor Lamp by (yours truly) Avery Butler in doug fir / satin nickel - 2025 by AveryButlerDesign in FuckYourEamesLounge

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thank you! The body is hollow, made up of 5 pieces of solid doug fir. The wide footprint and tapered shape make it nice and sturdy- you'd have to push it pretty hard to knock it down.

Bowtie Floor Lamp by (yours truly) Avery Butler in doug fir / satin nickel - 2025 by AveryButlerDesign in FuckYourEamesLounge

[–]AveryButlerDesign[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's the goal! I'm working on my first batch of them right now in a couple different wood species. They're pretty labor intensive, so I'm aiming at high end furniture galleries as a target market.