Walnut Slab Desk
This live edge slab desk is constructed of walnut, cherry and red elm. All lumber sourced from salvaged trees grown in Lyme NH. The owner, a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, liked the idea of locally sourced material.
Dimensions: 29h x 24d x 60w
Drawer and slab detail
The drawer pull is a copper enshin, a tool used for pediatric acupressure. The copper inlay on the slab edge began as a way to disguise defects in the edge and the finished pattern forms a symbolic yin-yang.
Slab detail
Crotch figure and cherry butterfly keys inlaid to stabilize central crack.
Leg detail
Copper pins used to secure the mortise and tenon joint meander up the leg, forming another symbolic yin-yang.
Slab Detail
Another view.
Slab Detail
Another view.