Author Archives: alvistur
Pick Up a Copy of PDX Magazine
It’s a brilliant new Portland arts mag that is available in locally owned shops around the city. The writer Michael Allen did a piece on the relationship between the burgeoning Portland restaurant scene and the artisan woodworkers who furnish the … Continue reading
The ‘Tallboy’ low-back bar stool
The premise of this design was to create a comfortable low-back stool that is vaguely informed by Arts & Crafts furniture but clean and simple enough to live at ease in a contemporary interior. The essential ergonomic and technical element … Continue reading
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Tagged black walnut, furniture, sculpted seat, steam-bent wood, traditional joinery
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Ill Vinyl Storage
This cabinet was commissioned by a client who is very passionate about his record collection. He had just moved in to a new house and decided that he needed to improve his vinyl storage situation. His records represent substantial monetary … Continue reading
Kelley Aud/Vis Console (Cont.)
The cabinet turned out quite different than the original drawing I posted in July. The design of the door panels was changed to vertical planks partly to increase air flow into the cabinet but it also makes the piece less … Continue reading
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Tagged cabinetry, dye stain, entertainent center, fir, furniture, horton brass, log to lumber
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Ganum Sofa
Black Walnut from Mark Azevedo, fabric from Soliloquy Textiles and upholstery done by Trio Furniture. Thanks to David L. Reamer for the photography.
Kelley Aud/Vis Console
This piece will be made out of fir from a log reclaimed off of the bottom of the log pond at the former Simpson Lumber Co. mill in Albany, Oregon. There is no telling when the log was actually harvested, … Continue reading
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Kenagy Hutch
The hutch will be made out of local pear wood along with an Oregon maple slab with cluster burls that will comprise the counter top. A unique challenge of the piece will be to build it around an existing 8 … Continue reading
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Coffee Table
(19″ x 26″ x 48″) Black Walnut from Mark Azevedo with Port Orford Cedar detail. The design is based on Chinese tables of the Ming Dynasty (1368 – 1644).
Alvistur Studio 