I flattened the top of this seven-foot table with a hand plane and shaped its edges with a spokeshave, so the surface keeps the subtle texture of hand tools. It sits on a reclaimed cast iron sewing table base.
The finish is tung oil mixed with natural earth pigments. It gave the fresh poplar a slightly aged, grayish tone and a low sheen. The poplar has since deepened to the nutty brown it takes on with age, and the hand-rubbed, pigmented finish has developed a softly worn character.
