Cutlery holders for a restaurant

Cutlery holders for a restaurant

I received a message from a former colleague. The owner of his favorite restaurant had asked him if he was “handy with wood”. It turned out that he wanted holders for five sets of cutlery – and not one but thirty of them. Very cool that he thought of...
A caterpillar-shaped music stand

A caterpillar-shaped music stand

I have been playing finger-style acoustic guitar for many years and I am dreaming of building my own guitar one day. I still have to learn a lot of skills for that. In the meantime, I make objects that are related to playing the guitar. Starting with wall mounts for...
Wall mount for guitars 

Wall mount for guitars 

I have been playing fingerstyle guitar for at least eight years and have been taking lessons from Ron van Opijnen here in Zaltbommel all that time. Blues and Latin American music are definitely my favorites. I now have three guitars. I use two for standard and...
Serving trays with marquetry

Serving trays with marquetry

Since I have made furniture making my profession, it is of course also nice to earn money with it. Since I received a lot of positive feedback on the serving tray with Escher style marquetry, I took that up first. I bought a huge piece of mahogany from a befriended...
Serving tray with marquetry from home made veneer

Serving tray with marquetry from home made veneer

Veneer is commercially available, but I made the veneer for this tray myself – to better understand what it takes. The design consists of rectangles of maple and beech wood and squares of elm wood. Any deviation in dimensions becomes visible as a crack, in which dirt...