John Wardle Series of Near Misses Coffee Table – What first appears as a series of slips in competency in fact express the skill of the maker as the variant positions of the legs cause four distinctively different relationships with the table top to occur. The inset circle suggests placement of teapot or lamp. This was the first of the items designed for this exhibition that followed an experiment with a French baker’s board in the cottage at Bruny and playfully illustrates an intrigue with the processes of making.