| Warwick
Powis, NSW
Display Cabinet
300 w x 250 d x 1500mm h
Materials
• Tasmanian myrtle for the cabinet
frame, door and legs.
• Fiddle back Tasmanian myrtle veneers
for cabinet sides, top and bottom.
• Tasmanian tiger myrtle for corner
details, top inlay border and drawer fronts.
• MDF as a veneer base for back,
top, bottom and sides.
• Huon pine for drawer pulls and
Huon pine birdseye veneer for back.
• Musk veneers for drawer bottoms.
• 3mm glass for the door and 6mm
glass for the top shelf.
• Brass tubing of various sizes.
Timber was personally selected from Cockatoo
Timbers, Smithton, Tasmania and Wauchope
Wood and Turning Supplies, New South Wales.
Methods of joinery used include mortise
and tenon for the door frame and carcase
corners; mitres with inserts for the carcase
top and bottom.
The drawers and drawer carcase were dovetailed
using a Leigh jig.
Glues
Techniglue CA epoxy for veneering and
laminating and Titebond 3 PVA for all
other joints.
Finish
Feast Watson Proofseal (one coat), Feast
Watson Floorseal ( two coats) and Natural
Bees Wax Furniture Polish.
Concept
The concept is an elegant, slender free
standing display cabinet which would suit
the display of fine ceramics, glass or
sculpture but would also in itself be
a collectors piece of fine furniture featuring
Australia’s magnificent timbers.
I have attempted to design and create
a cabinet suspended between slender curved
legs with a small chest of drawers suspended
within the cabinet.
The design uses contrasting woods for
subtle details such as the corners of
the cabinet. The design also incorporates
flexibility with the removable / adjustable
glass shelf and drawers for the storage
of smaller items.
The use of figured wood in the cabinet
sides and the lighter Huon pine in the
back displays these fine Australian timbers
while reflecting light onto the displayed
items.
The transport of the cabinet is made easier
by the door being removable.
Photos: Warwick
Powis
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