This beautiful snowflake Vanity was designed and built by Ryan in Oklahoma.
I made this as a wedding gift for a friend. I hoped you would enjoy seeing it. I don’t know that the inspiration came from anything in particular just an accumulation of influences from life (even though I’m 27 so my life experiences are limited). I used Oak, Walmut, Maple, Pak pl.u and Birch ply and finished it wiath a spray lacqwuer.The back and sides are mortise and tenon, while the front is dovetailed. The drawers have a lock rabbet joint. The drawers slide on a single runner (two for center drawer). It seems to work fine for these small drawers. I would also like to point out that the width of the square portion of the leg is smaller than the round portion. This really complicated things, but I think it looks better. Thank you for letting me share this project with you.
Very cool and original piece, congrats!
Very Nice.
Is the top inlayed or marquetery? In any cases, the top looks stunning!
Awesome! I love how it is put together.
Wonderful contrasting of wood.
Very nice.
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Beautifully done Ryan! I like the slanted pulls. Everything looks nicely proportioned. If possible, would you please describe how you created the top of the vanity? Thanks, Dean
I started with the snowflake. I cut 1/8″ thick boards to say 1″ wide. Then I cut one end to 45 degrees on a miter saw and with the table saw still set at 1″ I put the fresh cut face against the fence and ran it through to make a diamond. 8 diamonds makes the snowflake. There was some sanding involved because I didn’t have my saw at exactly 45 degress. 2.6W=L where W is the width of the strip and L is the length from tip to tip of the diamond, and 2L is the height of the snowflake. Then, I glued the snowflake to plywood and the rest is just filling in around it with a contrasting wood.
Thanks for the explanation Ryan! Sounds like a lot of steps for the 2 small and 1 large snowflake. It will be awhile before I attempt such a thing, but the outcome sure makes it worth it.
So at the end it is more marquetry than inlay. It seems to me very difficult to fill up the surrounding of the snowflake afterwards without leaving gaps (the more edges for me, the more likely I will end up this gaps at glue line)
This is very inspiring and I really like the plywood top trick.
I would call it marquetry. There are a lot of joints, but I cut the pieces one at a time to avoid the gaps. It was a very time consuming way to do it, but the result made it worth it to me.
Nice work, it has a sort of 3d effect which gives it some nice depth.
I think it’s fantastic. I’m not a huge fan of the inlayed Star (it’s just not my style). But the craftsmanship is excellent.
Awesome crafts!