San Antonio College Library

Projects: Component-built sideboard, build a harvest table, knockdown computer desk, building an open-pedestal table, frame-and-panel bed, mahogany bedside table, curved panels from a vacuum veneer press, a hall table that's both traditional and contemporary, entertainment center in quartersawn maple, joinery for light, sturdy coffee table, shelving, plain and simple, gate-leg table.

Plywood is arguably the most modern design artifact: it is a material born of natural wood and formed by vigorous industrial processes that can assume the most organic of shapes through bending, laminating, and molding. Plywood truly fulfills that most modern of dreams: bridging the gap between technology and nature. Bent Ply is the first book devoted to plywood in modern design. The book consists of two parts: the first, an illustrated history of...

Projects include: Making ogee bracket feet, drop-leaf breakfast table, making a Sheraton bed, veneering an ellipse, oval Chippendale stool, Pembroke table, federal-style oval inlays, curly cherry highboy (Part 1, 2, 3).

Plywood is an astonishingly versatile material, made by gluing together layers of cross-grained veneers, creating a pliable board that can be stronger than solid wood. Stylish and practical, plywood offers huge possibilities for experimental design, and it has been used to make a wide range of products, from aeroplanes, boats and automobiles to architecture and furniture. This book traces the history of plywood from its use in 18th-century furniture,...