All that remained of the old freight wagon were the large, hand-forged, steel tires or rims that lay all akimbo on top of the wagon undercarriage. Only scraps of the wooden wheels hung on the rims after years of blow-sand, termites, and decay. A torch-split section of one of those iron tires now forms the frame for the Broken Rim Sofa Table.

            Panels in the mesquite frames and door are cut from a much-used and abused hog feeder. The metal acquired its rich patina through use as a feeder, then a chicken feed granary—and finally, as a trash incinerator.