Pull toys for a boy who was allergic to dogs and cats.
Pull dog.
Pull cat.
Irons. As Moms stopped ironing, the demand for the irons has shifted. It has become very popular among executives as a desk toy due to its metaphorical and slyly nuanced meanings, including: As a oxymorn, as a symbol for the liberation of womankind from drugery, as a diplomatic reference (smooth out our differences) and even as a nostalgic reference to the days when males would be served with starched shirts.
cf: Wooden Iron, ancient greek, a polemical term often used in philosophic rhetoric to describe the impossibility of an opposing argument.
Toaster, includes a wotking spring-loaded mechanism.
Let me know if you find metaphorical references here... toasted?
Doll house designed to be open for easy access to the rooms.
Iron and ironing board. The task of smothing silk is a favorite activity for children, even if someone old-fashoned.
A picnic table scaled for children.
Pair of Playstands with Awnings.
$245 for set.
Close-up of awings, showing my unique embracing design. The stands are solid pine, and the awnings are birch dowels and laminated birch.
Detail of the thoughtful design of the playstand and awning.
Baby's eye view of the awning. The spacing of the dowels uses the golden section, the proportion found in the human finger. This small detail , I believe is a very important one, both satisfying and beautiful.
Showing the playstands with the awnings covered with a gossimer plant dyed silk.
Detail of the awning.
Close-up of awings, showing my unique embracing design. The stands are solid pine, and the awnings are birch dowels and laminated birch.
Scale salesmen's model of the playstands, available to resellers who want to carry the playstands, but don't have the room for the full sized units.
Run of Chairs for a school. Solid pine, varnished to comply with the local state requirements. These were designed to be versatile building toys as well as seats. The original Hillier design has been changed to keep the chailrs from splitting. They lend themselves large motor play with imaginative trains or planes. They can be stacked or used with playstands to build forts.
A custom made ping-pong table, for a growing family of teens.
Slate chalkboard for family notes and organization.
The little girl's 'Prism Armoire'. The solid pine cabinet has a closet rod on the right for pinafores, shelves on the left for clothes. The bottom shelf lends structural integrity, while providing for shiny maryjanes.
A cherry wall shelf, designed to hold Beany Babies, of all things.
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