I've been an avid woodworker for about 7 years now. Here are pictures of some of my pieces in reverse chronological order.
My wife wanted a quick and dirty toy chest - I built this out of ash, finished with an ultra-pale shellac. It turned out pretty well, and was a good way to practice my handcut dovetails.
I made this treasure chest at the behest of my older son. The primary woods are pear and purpleheart, with a quadruple bookmatched maple burl veneer, cut from a large section of burl that I scored locally. The dovetails are hand-cut.
This is a charging station I built out of oak, finished with an oil/varnish mixture. I made extensive use of handcut dovetails and mortise and tenon joinery, so this piece is really solid. I also attempted some carvings, which didn't turn out too well.
I turned this olive / walnut lamp in mid 2006 using olive salvaged from someone's tree.
I turned this goblet out of some salvaged olive. Since the wood was lying around in someone's yard for about 2 years, it had extensive checking. I filled in the cracks using coffee grounds and epoxy. It thus has some dark stripes in it, which I think give the piece some interesting contrasts.
I managed to score some olive from a tree cut down in the South Bay. I'm particularly happy with the way this bowl turned out. I turned this in early 2006.
I built this Morris-style loveseat for the kid's room using white oak with a tung oil / varnish mixture. This was my first attempt at making cushions... they turned out okay, though the back is a little hard.
This was my first natural-edge turning. I'm pretty happy with it; I made it as a gift for my mother.
I made this cutting board and bread slicer out of Walnut, Purpleheart, Ash, and Maple. They are still heavily used, and are holding up very well.
I turned these bowls out of some walnut that I scavenged from a cut tree. This was my first attempt at turning, and I'm hooked.
I built this large armoir for the laundry area of our house. My wife wanted simple shelving; this is what she got :-). I cut the curly maple veneers from a few spectacular planks. The legs are made of ebonized ash - I'm not too happy with them, but they were a bear to work with given their bulk. The piece is enormous, and, given the small size of the laundry room, I'm unable to take a photo of the full thing.
I made this table using commercial bubinga veneer. It takes a lot of abuse, and is holding up well.
I made this clock with a bent-wood laminated cherry back, wenge legs, and a maple burl face as a late birthday present for my sister.
I made this subwoofer cabinet using walnut and bookmatched spalted maple veneers that I resawed myself.
I hated the look of my magnepan MMG's (great sound, though!), so I made custom walnut stands and mounted then on hinges to the wall
This sideboard, made out of walnut and maple with bubinga veneers and ebonized walnut handles and accents was my first contemporary style piece, and the first piece where I switched to hand-rubbed finish (pure tung oil, in this case) with no stain.
This was intended to be a foodwarmer (it has metal shelving and heating racks inside, though I never got around to completing the acrylic moisture barrier). I did a horrible job finishing it with stain; it looks painted - I won't even tell you what wonderful wood I wasted under this disaster)
I made beds for the kids right before the birth of my 2nd son in 2003. Minwax stain and poly finish - ugh! I know better now.
I built this music center using pine salvaged from a neighboors floor. Horrible curve cutting job, unfortunately. This was the first time I attempted frame-and-panel construction, however, and the doors turned out fairly well.
I built this bookshelf out of pine. It is still holding up great, and was the first "serious" woodworking piece I ever attempted.
I built this blanket chest with no real tools. This was my first foray into woodworking, and I used to glue; only screws and nails. However, the screws / nails are all well-hidden, since I used a frame-inside-frame technique that worked out fairly well. Surprisingly, the chest has stood the test of time, and is still in use today.