Isaak Jagoe, Tambour Door Mid Century Modern Drinks Cabinet (Student Awards 2018)

My mother was looking for a small drinks cabinet last year, our house is mid century themed, and all other furniture I have made has been mid century style, so this is what I used for my year 12 project inspiration. After much detailed research I figured out how tambour doors were created, and used the size guidelines my mother requested to accommodate for the doors around the the wine rack and other aspects of the cabinet which was very mathematically hard. I used simplicity as a major theme, as I wanted the doors to be the focal point, and the interior hidden by a simple, yet rustic and detailed timber front, which is why I chose to use recycled oregon, originally house lining boards, that were bought from the Geelong 'Timber Zoo'. The outside of the cabinet is Tasmanian oak, and all pine is hidden by oregon veneer to increase its visual aesthetics. From term 3 onwards, I spent roughly 4 to 5 hours a week in construction. I began by getting all timber vertically attached, before cutting the interior and exterior frames, including mitre joints etc. All frames were then attached and were designed to fit together. From the frames attached, I began to construct the interior details, the wine rack, door and drawer. Once these were in I began to cut the thin strips for the tambour doors and attach them in the tambour style against canvas, these then had the handles attached and were slid in before, the runner that guides the sliding doors. The legs were turned on the lathe, being 100mm tall and have a taper from 50 to 40mm at the bottom. The defects on the oregon doors were filled with black putty to add a unique twist to the cabinet face. The whole cabinet was sanded up to 1000 grit before being stained with Osmo oil. Year 12, Emmanuel College Warrnambool. Teacher: Ben McKenzie

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