Oak wall Cabinet
Aug 31, 2008 | by Marcus 
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.....
Reader Comments (2)
Are the doors solid wood? Did you use bending plywood and veneer?
Hi Scot
The doors are coopered which helps control movement a bit. Also they are not very wide, don't sit in rebates, and are set away from the cabinet edges, so any movement which does happen is quite effectively disguised. If I did a similar cabinet I might laminate the doors from sawn veneer with the grain on all the veneers running in the same direction.
Cheers
Marcus