Industrial Shaker
Feb 08, 2011
a close up of some of irion's finest cherry. i had this set for about 5 years before using it on this piece for my own house.
one of the small pleasures of getting older is looking back on a body of work, in a style that you feel you developed on your own, over time, and then all of a sudden, coming up with a new piece that makes you feel like your off to the races all over again. i started with ‘cherry and black’, what i refer to on my website as my ‘studio style’, back inthe mid/late 80s. my dining room, photo 9 with the table, chairs, sideboard, lamp, and mirror, was built all at the same time for a show i did in 1987. fortunately, it didn;t sell and we are still enjoying it today. the bureau at the top of the stack here we just finished a week or two ago. my older son, sam, made the metal legs, polished and blackened them, and my younger sone, will, did the wood work and finishing … i waved the pencil and clapped. the piece is now in our bedroom, one of the few pieces i have made intentionally for our home since the late 80’s and i’m really thinking i’d like to ‘resurect’ the studio style and see what else we can come up with … more process descriptions and larger photos on my dorset custom furniture blog …
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a close up of some of irion's finest cherry. i had this set for about 5 years before using it on this piece for my own house.
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the whole bureau figured cherry, blackened steel legs, lag bolt pulls
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cad drawing .. you'll notice the design was changed from the drawing from 'legs pointing down' to legs pointing up' ... that change seemed to change the feeling of the piece from 'delicate' to 'substantial' and anchor it firmly to the ground.
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undermount grass runners with soft close ... it was the first time we used them and after a little time to get familiar with them find them equal to or better than the blums ..
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fitting up the faces ... tedious and careful work ... good job by my son will; legs by other son , sam
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qtrd poplar drawer boxes; hand dovetailed with our table saw, multi router, hand saw, dovetail process
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on site
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original dan mosheim dining room ... made for a show in 1987 ... luckily, it didn't sell and we've been living with it ever since ... two other 'show pieces from the early eighties to the left there; the curved front glassware cabinet and the two drawer walnut table below it.
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a half round cherry, ebony, mother-of-pearl and abalone table, made as a demonstration piece for a much larger commission using similar inlays. also, made it through two shows without selling. i'm glad.
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another variation on the theme
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ditto
Comments
Some very, very nice work in this gallery. Contrast, grain, dimension... everything is top-notch.
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