Walnut long-case clock. The brass dial is etched with a 'cycle of life' drawn
by Salish artist Simon Louie. The numerals and hands are sterling silver
made in the UK by Michael King. Sawn walnut veneers and holly/maple inlays.
Door panel carved by Simon Louie. Eight-day cable-driven movement with
Westminster chimes.

Jewellery/sewing chest. Curly eastern maple and walnut. Wenge cockbeads. 18" x 12" x 12"

Writing bureau in American walnut. Book-matched sawn walnut crotch veneers on
fall-front. Maple strings and handles cast in Sterling silver & hallmarked in the UK.
Interior with sawn eastern bird's-eye maple veneers.                  

Fumed white oak writing table. Sawn Garry oak veneers on drawer and frame; maple
strings.     

Display table. White oak and sawn Pacific maple veneers. 36" x 18" x 17"h     
                                                                                                                  




Display cabinet in American white oak with sawn Garry oak and Pacific maple veneers.

                                                              



Walnut hall table with sawn bird's-eye maple veneer, sawn English walnut veneer insets
and maple stringing.                                                                                  





Chest-on-stand in quarter-sawn American white oak. Sawn Garry oak and Pacific maple
veneers.                                                                                              




Fumed oak desk with sawn Garry oak veneers and pull-out lap-top computer drawer.
               
                                                               



Fumed oak hall table with sawn Garry oak veneers and maple stringing.       




Eastern maple writing table with sawn English walnut veneers and bog oak inlay.  




Kitchen table in British Columbian Douglas fir. Four drawers.                      




Jewellery box in Garry oak with sawn Pacific maple veneer and Celtic-style initial cast
in Sterling silver.                                                                                           






Jewellery box in American walnut with sawn plum veneer and maple inlay. Interior
tray in eastern maple and walnut.                                                           






Gateleg dining table in American oak. Two drawers with sawn bird's-eye maple veneer.
77 inches by 54 inches extended.                                                                




Sewing box in English walnut with sawn sycamore veneers. Bog oak handles with holly
strings. Silver escutcheon.                                                                  


                             

                             Walnut corner cabinet with holly and sawn walnut
                             veneer inlays. 77 inches high.             
 
  
  

                      

Ian Laval
 FURNITUREMAKER
Brentwood Bay
Vancouver Island BC Canada

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 Ian Laval has been designing and making individual pieces of furniture since 1970, starting at a workshop in northern England and moving more recently to Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. 

He uses only domestic timbers and for many years has been intimately involved in the processing of his wood from the standing tree onwards. His hallmark is the use of matched sawn veneers obtained from crotches, burrs and other interesting features found in native trees. Oak -- particularly Vancouver Island's native Garry oak -- walnut and maple are regularly-used timbers.

Each piece is made by traditional hand methods, one at a time, with the meticulous attention to detail of the old-fashioned craftsman. This integrity extends to all the hidden parts as well as the visible ones. No composite material is used and no shortcuts are taken in the choice of timber. Proper, traditional construction in accordance with the natural laws of wood is the watchword.

Functional designs in the classic tradition are all Ian Laval's own, using the natural beauty of native wood in delicate proportions refined over centuries and still right today. Larger pieces of Ian Laval's furniture are authenticated by an embedded silver signature specially cast and hallmarked in England.

Ian Laval has lectured and taught a number of courses on the practical technology of native timber for educational institutions.

Furniture is made to commission and Ian Laval normally keeps a representative selection of items for sale.

Delivery can be made anywhere at cost.