Okay…yeah…soooooo after being in the store for just about a week, the Sunflower Table by The Prayer Wall, um, well, sold? What is puzzling, is that it wasn’t even for sale. It even had a sticker on it saying that it was for display only and threatened great violence if anyone tried to buy or steal it. Okay, that last part isn’t true, but it was only made to be used at the prayer wall. But this DID give us the opportunity to take some more ideas and make a NEW table for the prayer wall!!!

’ve long had an idea for a table in mind. The picture in my head takes different forms, but it is a combination of geometric shapes and epoxy. The shapes create the form and the epoxy is the binder that holds it all together. Some versions even have metal rods or wood bowties connecting the shapes. I hadn’t built any of the ideas because 1. I don’t have a place to store any of them and 2. there’s not enough room in our shop to place them for sale.

This is Ash lumber that was salvaged from structural beams in a collapsed, 125 year old barn. We made a breakfast nook table top to replace the commercially-purchased table made from wood-like material. We used epoxy to provide a nice surface while giving strength. With some bow ties and a little bit of universal dye, we felt like we had a great symphony, rot, wormholes, and all!