Stickley-Style Mirror – Project of the Week
This week’s project was made by Brad Ferguson, a chat room regular (TreeFrogFurniture). Here’s what he had to say: “My wife has been after me for a full length mirror so I decided to kill two tasks with one blow and made it for her christmas gift. I chose a Stickley-style cheval mirror but could only find pictures of it online so I used these to draw up my own plan. Its made of quarter sawn white oak backed with 1/4 inch oak plywood. I wanted a visual joint to add to the arts and crafts style or the mirror, I decided to go with a half-lap dovetail joint at all 4 corners, this would allow me to have a strong connection as well as a focal point in an otherwise plain frame. For the base I used straight side stretchers with two arched cross stretchers connected with wedged through tenons. A finish of sedona red stain followed by amber shellac and finished with dark wax let me keep the color light while still highlighting the grain in the quartersawn white oak. The addition of a beveled edge mirror and the finish gives this project the antique feel I was looking for. It was a fun project to build and my wife loves it.”
Wanna see more of Brad’s work? Check out his blog at http://treefrogfurniture.blogspot.com/.
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That is a great looking mirror Brad, nice work. My wife has been looking for a similar item so I’ll have to keep her away from the site or it’ll be another project added to the list.
Again, nice work!
Nice piece Frog!
I really like the finish you acheived. The half-lap dovetails are a sweet touch, too.
Vic
Frog: You certainly did a great job with the Poplar, I love poplar and your approach to the finish was very interesting. Great work ,
keep it coming.
Jerry Musick
Beautiful work!! I love the clarity you achieved with the shellac. And the joints are nice touches.
Nice finish. It has the warm Art & Crafts look while not going too dark. I like the dovetails very much; they are a nice surprise. What is the hardware for the pivots and where did you get it?
Great looking piece and if she likes it then you have really done yourself proud. It is a very nice looking mirror and it looks like it took a lot of hours to build it. You did a nice job. Dean Knight
Excellent! This is a beautiful work of art. Your craftsmanship and design skills really shine on this project. Your wife should be thrilled!
Nicely done Frogman! But I’m not showing it to my wife. she will add it to my honey-do list! lol. See in the chatroom! Now where that PM2000 she promised me :)