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The Tanglewood Desk
The magnificent slab that forms the top of this desk has a significant crack but
it would not break, even when subjected to extreme stress. Inspired by the
board, Kurt invested months of labor to pay appropriate tribute to this lovely
red oak. The staved oak base, textured to resemble bark, covers a steel frame
to support the massive desk top.
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The
Provincetown Desk
This slab is the sister board to the original Tanglewood Desk show above.
Cantilevered on a custom steel base with a lovely patina and texture, it
illustrates the range of possibilities with similar materials as a
starting point.
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Aspen Desk
The Aspen Desk was initially created for an entrepreneur
in
Colorado.
It was crafted in cherry with a sculpted base and features a writing surface of
pertified wood from the southwestern United States.
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Tribal Desk
This desk offers a wide range of textures and materials- cherry top, side and
drawer panels, wenge leg and drawer pulls, wrapped and accented with leather
windings with a custom leather writing and work surface.
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Harolds Desk
Kurt first used petrified wood
as a desk blotter almost 15 years ago on the desk in this home office.
Harder than granite, petrified wood is a wonderful surface for a desk blotter,
almost impermeable and resistant to scratching.
Leaving the stone proud of the surface is a hallmark of Kurt’s work, retaining
the sense of the mass of the slab, as is the custom fitting of the piece into the
desk surface.
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Two of these desks serve as the registration
desks at the El Monte Sagrado resort in Taos, New Mexico. |
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The Melbourne Desk in cherry has graceful curving
lines and an organic feel.
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The executive desk chair has applied carved arms, echoing the lines of the desk. The globe base was created as a companion
piece but is also available as an independent unit. |
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Jere Osgood, the
New Hampshire
Furniture Master and fellow of the American Crafts Council, was Kurt’s first teacher
at the Boston University Program in Artisanry in 1978.
Kurt renewed contact and purchased a chair from Jere, appreciating the lines
of the chair and its simple beauty. |
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When the opportunity presented itself to attend Jere’s workshop at Peter’s
Valley
Craft
Center, he designed and built this
desk as a companion for the chair. It stands as a tribute to this wonderful furniture
maker- a principal role model and source of inspiration. |
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Kurts first desk was this roll-topped mahogony and maple
contemporary piece. |
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The Partners Desk
This two-sided desk of oak was built for a couple who run a business
from their home and it allows use for two people, one on each side. The top is larger
than it appears, 80” in width and 42” in depth.
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Note the “woven” details and carving on the edges
that make it such a unique piece. |
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The Tucson Desk
Another spectacular specimen of petrified
wood is featured in this desk, crafted for presentation at the Tucson Gem &
Mineral Show, the 2nd largest such show in the world.
The base is of
Mesquite, shaped to represent a natural tree base. |