Inspired by a woodworking friend that made some very intricate
Kumiko trivets, I thought I'd try my hand at a trivet since it was something we could use. Despite the source of inspiration my trivets are, to paraphrase Douglas Adams; almost, but not quite, entirely unlike his. I ended up making a variety of designs (one varying enough that it actually turned out to be a breadboard) and this log trivet pair is the first of them.
I had a stack of logs and branches that I had saved over the years for a
rainy pandemic-y day and it seemed like an appropriate time to dig them out of a corner of the basement. I selected mostly juniper branches since they had a nice reddish core, combined with some ornamental crab for the outlines. I didn't have much for small branches so I went out and pruned off a few dead ones from the juniper beside the deck.
The gaps between the "logs" are filled with epoxy to provide a smooth surface while a sheet of Finnish Birch plywood on the bottom helps stiffen the trivet. I
made two just because I had extra wood. To avoid the bland #1 and #2 designations, I dubbed them Fred and Barney in honor of the Flintstones (and Rubbles, of course).
| Material: | Juniper, Crab Apple, plywood and epoxy |
| Finish: | 3+ coats Miniwax Fast-Dry Poly, Clear Satin |
| Size: | Fred: 8.75" dia x 0.5" high |
| Barney: 8.55" dia x 0.5" high |
| Done: | May 8, 2020 |
