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I love making music stands because they have moving parts: the height and the angle of the tray are adjustable. And, in spite of its simplicity, a music stand affords many design opportunities in the base, in the tray, and in the adjustment mechanisms. This particular stand has graceful bent legs, a Kumiko tray, and wooden adjustment mechanisms accented with rosewood.  

The Kumiko Table features Japanese art and architecture. The overall shape of the table is a stylized rendition of traditional Japanese architecture. The vertical grid-based wooden patterns are examples of the Japanese art of Kumiko. The Kumiko panels drive the esthetics of the piece and add to its structural strength. The piece is almost all open spaces outlined by structural elements. The only significant solid, flat, plane surface is the table top, a polished, matched walnut burl that sits above the body on four spacers. The table resides on its own pedestal. 

  I had recently seen “ballerina” shaped table legs that were inspiringly beautiful but seemed challenging to reproduce.  So, I did 4 of them as an exercise. The legs were in non-descript pine so I ebonized them with India ink providing a dramatic color contrast with the curly maple used for the aprons and top. The aprons were given an uplifting shape and they rise well above the tops of the legs. Thus, the featured legs are visible from toe to top. With a charitable eye, the relatively large side to side overhang of the top even suggests a tutu.