walnut highboy

[Vindingo]

Interesting project, thanks for posting!  It's playful, but shows craftsmanship at the same time.

Some of the comments on facebook are unfortunate, but to evoke a response (good or bad) is better than nothing at all went it comes to art.     

Hopefully you will share more projects. 

 

[nclemmons]

I actually went to the show in Chicago on Saturday to see this piece. They did a great job of aligning all the dominos, revealing the carcass, with no glue squeeze-out.  I met one of the team that built it.  I think it was a team of 3 over several weeks that conceived and built it.

While not my style, I was very impressed with the work.  

There was a LOT of craftsmanship in the piece - nice grain matching, and a ton of thought on how to build a piece and allow for the spacing to show the structure.  it was a sprayed lacquer finish over the entire piece - glass was installed and masked for spraying after full assembly.  The drawers had plexiglass bottoms.  Walnut and beech.

I believe the price on the piece was $11K or $13K - not sure if it sold or not, but it garnered a lot of discussion.

it was an art exhibit, so this was the only piece of furniture in the show.  The shop that built the piece was http://sharchitecturedesignbuild.com/home.html

The exhibit was profiled here:  http://streetanatomy.com

neil

 

[skids]

I am curious to know what something like this would cost to buy. I mean with the Dominos hidden like a normal piece of furniture.

I still think this piece is absolutely spectacular. It should go on a road show to schools and tradeshows.

 

[peter halle]

I actually went to the show in Chicago on Saturday to see this piece. They did a great job of aligning all the dominos, revealing the carcass, with no glue squeeze-out.  I met one of the team that built it.  I think it was a team of 3 over several weeks that conceived and built it.

While not my style, I was very impressed with the work.  

There was a LOT of craftsmanship in the piece - nice grain matching, and a ton of thought on how to build a piece and allow for the spacing to show the structure.  it was a sprayed lacquer finish over the entire piece - glass was installed and masked for spraying after full assembly.  The drawers had plexiglass bottoms.  Walnut and beech.

I believe the price on the piece was $11K or $13K - not sure if it sold or not, but it garnered a lot of discussion.

it was an art exhibit, so this was the only piece of furniture in the show.  The shop that built the piece was http://sharchitecturedesignbuild.com/home.html

The exhibit was profiled here:  http://streetanatomy.com

neil

Thanks Neil!

 

[City2000]

Hey everybody

Just want to say thanks to everybody On the FOG for all the great comments and the guys at festool for putting the pictures on facebook and in the latest sys-notes.  ( makes me wish I used my name in the first post [big grin].........I'm Andrew Svec by the way. I'm the shop manager at sharchitecture ( the link posted above)  Nice to meet you Internet...). I believe it's was skids who was asking about how much it would cost without the dominos exposed, I really couldn't say but my best guess would be closer to 10,000$ maybe 8000$ depending on the detailing.  thanks again everybody!!

Andrew

 

[Vindingo]

Hey Andrew,

the leather pulls on your website are slick...

I think I'm gonna have to keep that one in the back of my head and use it one day. 

 

[John Stevens]

all of the joinery in the cabinet is exposed to show off the "anatomy" of the cabinet.  hope you guys like it

Nice work, and execution. The irony of this piece is very amusing (i.e. Claes Oldenburg) - modern joinery contrasted with traditional design. I think it's fun to look at. It looks like all the hot air from the puffed up Highboy is blowing out of the cabinet.
Tim

Thanks, Tim, you nailed it as far as I'm concerned.  Very interesting and original concept, thanks for sharing it here.

Regards,

John

 

[City2000]

Thanks vindingo

The leather pulls are some of my favorites to. Just a tip a old belt works great [big grin]

 

[TinyTiger]

That is really beautiful Andrew!  The wood is gorgeous and the execution is awesome too.  Thanks for sharing it.

Oh, by the way, welcome to the forum!  I'm about 80 miles Southwest of you.

 

[atogrf1]

MASSIVELY incredible work Andrew!!!!
You ARE gifted.
I am surprised Festool hasn't used that in one of their adverts.

 

[wow]

VERY impressive work! I just wish I could make something that nice some day...

 

[NYC Tiny Shop]

Lovely piece! I like the way your pic says it all. It's a clever way to show us how it was joined. This is a nice display of combining modern cabinetry with classic furniture making. I love the patient work on the french curved legs. Very beautiful!
Thanks for posting.