Our collective, Offerman Woodshop, was featured in the Fall/Summer issue of Canoeroots Magazine. I first came to Offerman Woodshop in 2008 for a four week stint to help Nick plank Lucky Boy (center in the picture). It’s now six years later–I haven’t left & neither has Lucky Boy who hangs proudly in the shop rafters awaiting her virgin paddle.
In this issue, five furniture makers, including myself, answer the question:
Frame is reclaimed old-growth redwood timbers with ebony details, roof is cedar shakes, bench is a redwood root with a redwood burl slab top.
Frame is finished with an exterior varnish, the bench is finished with epoxy and varnish.
Designed by RH Lee & Nick Offerman in collaboration with Shozo Sato and the Japan House, 2013
Built at Offerman Woodshop
12′x12′x11′
Built for the Balvenie Collection Rare Craft Road Show, this custom ping pong table is designed to break down and pack flat as it travels to various showrooms & venues across the USA.
Solid cherry folding bases, hand veneered madrone top with holly inlays, hand-caned net, tung oil finish
Designed by RH Lee & Michele Diener
Built at Offerman Woodshop, 2013
9′ x 5′ x 30″
Top, base, and peg details are all solid Madrone
Hand rubbed oil and wax finish
Lee, 2014
80″x38″x29″
Designed for the outdoor educational staff at the Exploratorium, this storage shed opens up into a public demonstration station.
Reclaimed redwood barn siding and timbers. Roof is reclaimed corrugated metal.
Original barn patina
Designed by RH Lee
Built by Lee & JD Sassaman, 2012
5′ x 3′ x 6′
A pseudo accurate mash up of my experiences in woodworking
Two species of orchard walnut intersect in this singular slab of wood.
Re-sawn and joined with splined miters.
Hand rubbed tung oil
Lee, 2013
54″ x 11″ x 18″
This Fall I helped design and build a Japanese gazebo for the Japan House gardens at the University of Illinois. If you’re wondering what is happening in this picture, or you’d just like to learn more about this project–both its construction in Los Angeles, and its installation in Champaign, Illinois, click the pic!
