A few examples of some pieces I've done over the years:

Curly Bubinga Cabinet

A cabinet built to match a set of imported "rosewood" living room furniture. No stains were used to achieve the deep, red color (the imported pieces were stained red). All parts of the cabinet are solid bubinga from 1 flitch, and all parts are bookmatched. The back is also solid, frame and panel.

The grain and curl of the 4 frame and panel doors (and the center partition) were specifically chosen to produce the effect of a circular pattern swirling the center of the cabinet. Close inspection of the high resolution picture (click on the link) shows that the panels for the upper/lower door pairs are cut from the same pair of bookmatched boards so that the grain pattern flows well from top to bottom.

Finish: 2 coats of Watco (natural) followed by 4 coats of Pratt & Lambert H17 satin varnish, wet sanded and rubbed to a low luster, and then a coat of good wax (Trewax, Butchers, etc.).

Oak Desk (partial photo)

A desk, part of a complete office set, in red oak. The top is a large 4'x6' for Chinese caligraphy, and is made of 7/4 rift sawn red oak with a hand-planed edge profile. The pedestals have shelves for caligraphy scrolls. The doors are bookmatched, quartersawn oak. The backs of the pedestals are frame and paneled using bookmatched wood from the same flitch so as to match the front doors. The upper and lower reveals are tropical walnut. The top, separates from the two pedestals so it can be moved. Finish is 2 coats of Watco (natural) followed by 8 coats of Pratt & Lambert H17 varnish. Each coat was wet sanded, and the last coat was also rubbed out(last 2 coats on the top had 30% polyurethane for added durability).

Walnut Display Case

Front view of Krenov style walnut display case: with coopered, crotch sides and concave front. The doors are mounted with Brusso knife hinges and the door panels are glazed with 6 individual pieces of glass. The finish is a few coats of Watco.

Side view

Curly Soft Maple

Top of a curly soft maple coffee table. Soft maple sometimes has a wonderful pink tint (not visible in this scan). The diagonal light mark is a streak of sunlight across the surface that I didn't notice when the photo was taken.

Round Maple Coffee table

Yet another curly maple coffee table. This one has a circular apron, curved feet (3) and wenge table top buttons. The photograph is of very poor quality, and the deep curl is not readily evident. However, the careful grain matching of the top is still somewhat visible. The apron has an outer layer of a very light toned curly maple for contrast, and the legs are of a deeper-toned, "tiger stripe" maple.