trout stream coffee table

[drhandrich]

it might have been back in the 80's I was reading a wonderfull article with photos of a carver having done a deep deep relief carving of a "looking down into a trout stream" glass on top coffee table. the twigs, leaves, logs, fish ,rocks and all the other expected clutter was all hand carved. He got over $1000 for his carvings back then, each one hand made . I believe I read maybe in the same article, that later on he had helpers roughly gouging it out and he would finish the detail work. or maybe he sold the patent to a mass producer even later on yet.
On a road trip going through Wall Drug we stopped in one of the several shops and lo and behold, there I saw the (one of them) coffee tables. thinking it was about $1600 by then.
faulty memory lets me thinking this table top was about 4 inches deep to get a better effect.
Does anybody else remember this ? or has anyone here carved a similar coffee table?
Denny

[GregGerard]

Re: trout stream coffee table

Like this ?
William Herrick Trout Stream Coffee Table II Kolorful Kitchen & Home Decor

Very cool.

[drhandrich]

Re: trout stream coffee table

yup, that sure does look like it, or very similar. I tried googling him by name and cant find any articles type website. I see now they are doing lamp tables of the same theme.
thanks for the link.
Denny

[DiLeon]

Re: trout stream coffee table

Thanks for the link, I was thinking about doing a coffee table with a flower design relief...but wonder how it would look. I like the the design work ... as it goes in and out of the table....something to ponder on.

[northwood bob]

Re: trout stream coffee table

Funny you should ask. I did a file cabinet a couple of years ago and have been working on a similar coffee table for some time now (see pics). A Google search will give you quite a number of photos for this and similar designs. I've attached a couple of the most notable. This has turned into a long (but enjoyable) project. Let us see the pics when you are finished.

Bob

[northwood bob]

Re: trout stream coffee table

I'm not sure why but I couldn't attach more than one pic. now it is blocking me from re-attaching pics but this will give you an idea

[drhandrich]

Re: trout stream coffee table

looking at the table top of your photo, wondering if the wood border top surface could be carved a bit to resemble the water surface ripples and currents?
Denny

[mdallensr]

Re: trout stream coffee table

We have one those coffee table at our fishing clubs. I think it's one of the reproductions, but I'll take a closer look next time I'm there. If you want close-up photos, I could take some. Mike

[drhandrich]

Re: trout stream coffee table

that's nice of you. sure, at your convenience.
also I can pm you my regular email address if you wish to send duplicates of them as attachments
Denny

[northwood bob]

Re: trout stream coffee table

I make the base/sides in a glue-up and planned to hide the sides under a frame. the water surface would then be the glass. I would think that the side stiles could then be carved as water but this may be a bit difficult to clean in the future. Anything is possible.

The link below is to the file cabinet I did a few years ago. It may be of some help

http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/forum/f61/file-cabinet-37846/

Bob