For me there are two things that I especially like the pictures are much larger than they were when originally published and extra images and text that originally appeared online in the Popular Woodworking Editor’s blog are now included with the original articles. Because of this, the book looks very nice, but that’s not the best part. My publisher didn’t just take the original articles and combine the files into book form. One of the nice things about the new book is that the whole thing is a fresh design. One of the ongoing challenges of writing for a magazine is fitting everything in 6 pages.
The Stickley Poppy Table is one of the projects featured in my new book “Classic Arts & Crafts Furniture: 14 Timeless Designs”.
I received more mail and pictures about this project than any other I’ve made for the magazine. In addition to being a favorite of mine, it has also been a favorite of the magazine’s readers. It’s hard to make the claim that Gus Stickley could only design heavy, clunky, rectilinear furniture when you see this little gem. It’s a rare piece, from early in Stickley’s career and most people are a bit surprised to discover who designed it, and that the design is more than 110 years old. One of my favorites is from 2007, a mahogany reproduction of the Gustav Stickley Poppy Table. For the last 9 years, I’ve been building mostly pieces I want to build for my day job at Popular Woodworking Magazine. When I was a self employed furniture maker and cabinetmaker I didn’t have much choice about what I would build, it was mostly a matter of what a client wanted and was willing to pay for.
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