The search for beauty is often lost or found in the finish process. With that in mind,
Baker still prefers an Old World method of hand coloring, an artist's palette of color applied with a smallish pad and a simple brush, one very thin layer at a time, applied and reapplied until pleasing to the eye.
All of this creates a remarkably clear finish allowing us to not only see the wood selected for an item but see it in the appropriate context of color, breakup, highlighting, antiquing, and sheen. The collective effect of these techniques is to nurture and coax the full beauty of the furniture.
