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In 2021 Max Lamb presented 6 x 8 Western Red Cedar, a set of furniture that expanded from solid lengths of Western red cedar wood measuring 6 x 8 inches in cross section. Each piece begins as if a puzzle in reverse: marking and cutting every segment, rearranging the pieces, then mortise and tenon joining every fragment into a functional chair, stool, bench, or table. “Each cut is mapped out and the consequence of the cut is processed before the incision is made, every cut and part generated is essential.” Lamb began prototyping each of these puzzles first in polystyrene, learning and …