Martin Goebel, Barley Twist Bed (RECYCLED & RESCUED 2023)

Photos:

RJ Hartbeck

Country:

USA

Created in black walnut shop sawn veneer and solids harvested from storm damage in Northern Michigan. The walnut trees were harvested in the summer of 2020 from Petoskey, Michigan after a microburst storm knocked down a few thousand trees in the region. These grew in the central town square for the previous 180 years. I drove approximately 900 miles to look at the nine trees, mill them and drive them back to St. Louis Missouri. They air dried for two years before use. The barley twists are made from solid single plank 4.5” x 4.5” blanks without glue lines. Crotch walnut was used for the center of the sunburst. Orbs were turned with horizontal grain as opposed to vertical standard turning orientation.

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