Compass Coffee Table

36" x 36" x 20"

Etched glass

Antique captain's wheel

Gallery 4% Juried Art Contest, Distinction Award

As I walked through an antique store in wine country just north of Santa Barbara, I found this amazing ship wheel. For months, it lay against my living room wall until I was inspired.

One night as I lay awake at 3am, it came to me - the ship wheel would find new life as a coffee table compass.

After designing and etching the compass rose, refinishing the wheel, and installing the compass needle, the c