Tom Phillips Woodworks, Ashland, OR
phone: 541-482-4829
e-mail: tmpsworks@yahoo.com
For more info and photos, go to my web page: www.tophill.com/wood.
I have been a custom woodworker since 1979, primarily building with solid hardwood from my designs. I work closely with each client to balance form and function in creating products that satisfy and enhance various purposes. I’ve made staircases, handrails, beds, tables, chairs, builtins, chests, dressers, and more. The pieces shown in this gallery are some of the few speculative works I’ve made in-between other commissions.
These items can be delivered for free within a 50-mile radius of my shop in Ashland. Any crating, shipping and insurance costs are extra fees to be handled by the purchaser. Checks or cash are preferred payments, though the use of a credit card can be arranged.
The top of this bench is made of a Sycamore plank and it is supported by a Hickory under-structure. This piece can be disassembled by removing the 2 end pins and unscrewing 2 cleats.
This is made from rare ‘curly’ Willow and has a pleasant natural side and other smooth ‘figured’ surfaces.
It has 8 extra deep slots for your cutlery.
One of the very few ‘curly’ Willow pieces I have in my collection. It holds 10 knives and has
hand-planed tapered bevels on the edges.
This Black Walnut log is rustic and refined. All external surfaces are cut ( no sanding) with hand tools,
such as spoke-shaves, knives, planes, and a v-gouge. The 7 knife locations are cut out on my band-saw.
The Black Walnut top is supported by 2 Black Walnut legs and a ‘Golden’ Birch stretcher bar.
All parts are joined with sliding dovetail construction. The Birch plank came from a neighborhood tree
that was harvested and milled by me many years ago. Use as a bench or coffee table, your pick.
The top slab of Western Maple is one of the most figured slabs I’ve ever seen. The dynamic grain pattern and crazy edge shapes suggested building a calm, contrasting base that doesn’t look stiff. Floating the top above the stand helps to focus ones attention to the complex upper details. The pointy burl ‘teeth’ are all tamed by hand-sanding them down to a smoother texture. The polished finish creates a ‘view INTO the wood’ which almost glows …..
