Cantilever Shelves

rock maple walnut sycamore oak

A set of shelves that balances supported on one upright and a sturdy base. — Cantilevered shelves, simple joinery, balance

Shelves inspired by sawmilling,

Traces of the entire process. Paint from curing, violence of the chainsaw, layout scribes….
Simple knockdown joinery made with the precarity of tenancy in mind: Shelves can be taken apart and packed in minutes without tools.

patterned rough incisions, straight parallel lines trace the path taken by individual chainsaw teeth when the board was cut, they cast shadows showing their different depths and highlighling the violence of the saw — Traces of the saw, curing process, polish

A view of the ends of the shelves from above. Their ends are curved so that when viewed together they appear as two parallel matching lines in space.