Despite my previous opinionated judgement of The Block, one interesting thing came out of a recent episode. My awareness of a particular custom furniture maker, and their Melbourne store: Mark Tuckey
Some amazing design concepts. Not necessarily something I’d have in my house, but that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate the concepts, or how they have been executed.
I wonder if some have been made on a lathe – would be a lot easier than shaping them otherwise. However, if they were, the lathe must be a monster!
Mark Tuckey
Check out the round table/bowl to one side.
Coffee Table
Coffee Table Side
Rustic Stool
Lots of other really fascinating furniture designs on Mark’s site – definitely worth a look, and I’m quite keen to visit the store to see some of these items in person. Love to see the workshop!
This idea of taking a bundle of logs and forming an item of furniture is rather interesting, and has been attempted elsewhere as well. Here are some other examples I found in some web searching. The resulting piece must weigh a tonne!
Phillips Collection Side Tables
A real log table
That last one is very cool – I love the combination of a reasonably neat matrix of larger logs, with the remaining space well filled with just the right sized thinner branches.
There is a lot of wood in a piece like this, and a LOT of weight.
Filed under: Lathe, Manufactures and Suppliers | Tagged: Furniture, Logs, Mark Tuckey |
Stu's Shed 
On that last table – I’ve seen plans to build a plywood box and then fit the logs to it – so the top is only an inch (2.54cm 🙂 of actual log.
Not saying that’s how he did it, but it is a possibility.
Sounds like a good version, especially if you are timber-challenged.
I drive past his place every second day and admired the furniture from the street. About time I pulled over and went inside now! He certainly has some beautiful and creative work (and a cool big “pick up truck” to transport things!)
I love the last table, it’s inspiring me to try something myself…
By the way my name is Stuart as well.
Have a nice day.
Stuart
Can anyone recommend where I could buy similar timber to the one used in the last table? I can’t seem to find a supplier of small to medium logs.
Thanks Sam