Jack Vukasović, Standing Tambour Cabinet (STUDENT 2022)

Student:

Secondary

Name of school or tertiary institution, and name of woodworking teacher (if you have one):

The Kings School Teacher: Julia Laman

Video tour:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14GHN0lrp7bwmnO0RcpwEJKQbkqlTqFpp/view?usp=sharing

Inspired by both modern Scandinavian and Japanese design, my American white oak and Zebrano tambour cabinet fuses understated sleekness with distinctive character to contrive a beautifully functional art-piece. The tambour cabinet is arguably the most eye-grabbing part of the design and was created with a combination of loose tenon joints, dowel joints and biscuit joints, all working to converge the elegant curvature of the tambour with the angularity of the surrounding cabinet shell. The Legs work to compliment the tambour through elegant curves contrasted with the sharp angles of the hand-crafted pyramid tipped dowels to secure the hand-cut front and side rail. I bonded the subtle curves of the rails and legs with the overall design of the cabinet which was inspired by great woodworkers such as James Krenov and Michael pekovich. I designed the project with the consideration of the movement of the timber in mind, to ensure it stands the test of time, this was achieved through purposefully altering my design to allow for movement through my breadboard ends as-well as my rails. Through a year of ups and downs, this project has kept me sane, giving me something to take with me wherever life takes me as a reminder of this year.

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