Project Time

Time for a new project finally came. This process is totally different from what we have been used to. It is time to think and rethink every decision taken, from the design process to the execution of it. I am planning on making a jewlery display cabinet for Monica's jewelry, which will be placed on a store in Mexico. It is an exciting project to make. 

I started making some sketches for the project, waking up that stage in design, which I was not much used in the past, I enjoyed making sketches and at the same time thinking about wood, I guess that's one of the things permanately on my mind. 

When I was first deciding for a project I wanted to make a jewelry desk for Monica, a working station. Then in the process of analyzing it I came up with the decision that it would not be the appropiate project for this time; we are now in the last months of the program, and time will be a factor for now, so I decided to scale down this project and made some modifications and came up with the design for the jewelry display cabinet. 

Jewelry Desk Design. I really like this design, I'm glad I could scale it down for this project. 

This cabinet will be a veneered project, which means that I will slice my wood into a certain thickness (3/32", 3 mm) and then apply it to a substraight. This method gives the opportunity of extending out wood into larger surfaces keeping some pattern in our projects. Here you can see how we had a plank of wood and then sliced the center part of it to meke some veneers. The rest will be used for drawer fronts and frame members. 

The woods for this project will be boxwood for the outside of the box, drawer fronts, frames, etc. Boxwood is a southamerican wood, really closed grain, very dense and is just incredible to work with. You can plane it in both directions and you will not experience any tear out. 

Boxwood veneers extended to certain patterns. 

The inside of the box will be out of English Sycamore, which brings more light to the inside of the box complements the boxwood nicely. 

Sycamore veneers 

The stand will be out of White Oak, a strong wood with character, using some nice joinery was used  up on the 1950's by Danish cabinetmakers. Lord Godfrey, a teacher and exalumni  from Inside Passage brought this sample. 

Some of the inspiration on this project came out from Danish Chairs, they had so many simple and practical solutions for joinery, like this chair for example, by Borge Mogensen back in 1957. Your can see the joinery used for this chair, and what I like the most those "wings" on the armrests used by the Danish back on those days. I think it adds something else to design. 

Borge Mogensen Chair.

(Pictures by Timeless Modern Furniture)

I will be gluing up some panels today, big glueups,  I could then show you the final look of those boxwood and sycamore veneers, they came out really sweet. 

See you later!