Dennis Barry

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Walnut and ambrosia maple table

23″h x 15″w x 23″l
$425

Hall entry table, walnut and maple

Approx 30″h x 42″l x 14″w
$825

Maple and walnut lamp

23″h
$425

Sapele and maple book or tablet rest

3″h x 11″l x 11″w
$80

Dennis Barry is a retired lawyer. He greatly enjoyed working as a lawyer but after 40 years of parsing and arguing the meaning of arcana in his field, he yearned to work on something that he could see and touch.

He attended a two-week intensive course at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. To develop his woodworking skills, he reconfigured an outbuilding on his property to become a woodshop. Since 2016, he has tried his hand at a number of projects including: pedestal for sculpture; work table with pull-out keyboard tray, bedside tables; hall entry table; book rests; side tables; and charcuterie boards. He fell into making wooden lamps with stained glass shades when his younger daughter asked him to build her two bedside tables. When completed, he thought that what those tables really needed was two lamps to go on them.

He discovered a stained glass manufacturer, Youghiogheny Glass in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, and pairs colorful and elegant glass with the woods he uses for his lamps.

He became a member of Middle Street Gallery, a cooperative gallery in Washington, Virginia, in 2024, and always has some work on display there.