Marc, you REALLY outdid yourself on this one, and it contains so many key elements of your style and identity as an artist–the contrasting, exotic woods in light and dark, the shapely curves of the wide-stock legs, the Asian design influence, the attention to grainwork, the playful, inventive touch of incorporating magnets to slip out the shelf backs, your signature hand-rubbed varnish….hell, even the dash of technology in its intended functionality!

The piece is truly a culmination of your past few years in woodworking and podcasting, and how powerful it was to see you giving it away to a man who has influenced so many of us with what he has given away these same few years–the birth of the TWiT family of podcasts.

You two embody and sustain the original spirit of the Internet and of artistry–doing art for art’s sake and spreading knowledge for knowledge’s sake. Thanks so much for allowing us into your work and life, and thanks for sharing this moment that was clearly profound for you, as you were able to give back to your other “master,” from the tech side of things, and to give something of such value.

Fantastic work! (and thanks, Nicole, for introducing him to Leo and keeping him going in the podcast business! :)

Dan

Thanks,
Matt