Sunday
08Jun
Oak Cabinet
The oak cabinet is now finished . As usual my aim was to create something simple, beautiful and well proportioned in which interest comes from the details rather than from overt decoration. This piece is a bit of a departure for me in that it has little exposed joinery and is a bit more self consciously refined than some of my previous work.
The shelf pins and door stops are made of rosewood, the handles are of elm. The cabinet itself is quartersawn oak.
Almost every piece of the cabinet is curved - but subtly. The idea for a curved cabinet grew from a wish to have a welcoming sense of enclosure for the objects on display when the doors are open (a line of thought which came from lookng at some of Krenov's cabinets). Following on from that other curves became necessary to make everything balance. I like curves which add life without yelling for attention. Less is very often more.....
Jun 8, 2008
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