Today, Lauri and I received a very special delivery. Lauri's Dad (check out some of his other work here)has been working very hard on hand crafting an absolutely beautiful cradle for the baby. Ever since we'd first talked with him about the design, we both knew that it was going to be beautiful. But when we saw it today for the first time, it was more than words could describe. And listening to him describe the modifications he'd made to the plans, as he'd received them, showed just how much love went into creating this cradle. Thank you again, this is going to be one photographed cradle. Probably even more so once the baby arrives...
From Left to Right: Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Mahogany, and Maple
The first 3 spindles in each corner have 1/8" dowels through them to add rigidity to the overall structure. I tried to get a close up shot, but it didn't turn out with my equipment, may need to borrow some of my Dad's lenses.
All of the corners use dowels through the end grain of the perpindicular rails rather than screws.
Cross members are mortised into the end stands with a wedged dovetail type of joint. The wedges are made of Ebony to accent the construction.
P.S. sorry that the shots are so noisy, that's another reason I'll need to borrow some better equipment. I was really trying to use natural light so I had to bump my ISO way up. Maybe I'll use more flash next time.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
3 comments:
I think the pictures turned out really nice, but you have to see the cradle in person to appreciate it fully :)
Lauri's right... the cradle is a work of art. Can't wait to see it in use! Come on, baby! Love, Grandma Shields
that looks beautiful!
-laura
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