Doug Stowe - Furniture Showcase

<body background="../paper.gif" bgcolor="EFEFEF" link="Maroon" alink="Maroon" vlink="AD4242"> <img src="../sunburst.gif" border="0" width="28" height="28">    <font size="+4">Douglas Stowe</font><br> <font size="+3">Furniture Showcase</font> <p>These are selected early works from over thirty years of working with American hardwoods. Because solid hardwoods continue to expand and contract through the many seasons of use, I give special attention in the design of my work to allow for wood's natural movement. I use mortise and tenon joints and dovetails to give visual interest to the finished work as well as lasting value.<br> That I have been able to continue to produce interesting works in wood is a tribute to the creative involvement and imagination of my many friends and patrons. The works shown here are one-of-a-kind commissions and are not available for immediate purchase. If you would like to begin a dialog, exploring the possibility for commissioning work, please feel free to contact me. I am able to produce only a few pieces each year, each of my own design but with special attention to the interests and needs of my customers. If you would like to know more about how to commission a piece of furniture please click<a href="furniturehowto.htm">here</a>.<br> I prefer to work with American hardwoods, most of which come from within a 75 mile radius of my home in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Our American hardwoods are a precious resource deserving of the highest professional standards in their use. I use a variety of machines and hand tools in my work, and take greatest pleasure when the machines are quiet and my work becomes the concentration of hand and eye. I invite you to join me in my work. There are great pleasures in the scents of sassafras, cherry, and sugar maple and the soft whisper of the plane.<br> </p> <p><font size="+1"><a href="gallery.htm" target="_top">Thumbnail Gallery</a></font></p> <p><a href="../index.htm" target="_top"><font size= "+1">Home</font></a></p> <p><a href="../environment.htm" target="_top"><font size= "+1">Environmental Links</font></a></p> <p><a href="../contact.htm" target="_top"><font size= "+1">Contact</font></a><br> <font size="-1">Copyright © 1997-2009 Douglas Stowe</font><br> </p> </body>