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July 13, 2011 Item 4: Big Box

Very inviting to lounge on.

Small lid to the left big to the right.

Future projects within.

Big Box was necessitated by the accumulation of ‘ timber bits’ on the front porch. The reasoning was that the bits could largely be accommodated within a large storage volume that could double as a day bed/ stoop bench. The entire structural box frame was made from treated pine off cut lengths rescued from a skip. The end nearest the front door of the house was cut from a scrap of found ply and the back and far end were left open as A you cant see them and B this provided great ventilation to the timber within and the under house vents located in the wall behind the box. The two part lid and face were one entire sheet of ply 1200 x 2400mm cut long ways down the middle. Then the lid portion was cut to the golden mean and the remainder.

The faces were painted white and the lids mat varnished with the grain aligned along the two lids. Some finger holes were bored and sanded in the lids for lifting off.

June 20, 2011 Item 3: Dove Tail

 

Composed of timber draws rescued from the street. A draw face to the left and right side with original handles c1930s? Internal painted white and some driftwood incorporated into the structure. Stamped; ‘E. M. Vary Furniture Manufacturer 343 Nicholson St North Fitzroy. ‘European Labour Only’.  😦 Not sure if this is a remnant of the ‘White Australia Policy’ period? The holes in the back board where drilled to accommodate the electrical cord of the clock radio and other appliances.

June 16, 2011 Item 2: CD Long

1. CD Long.

2. Detail.

3. Elevated.

4. Loaded.

CD Long is the result of two hardwood drawer faces being converted to the top

and bottom of this piece. The left and right sides are pine cut from a separate drawer. The backing is a cut down section of found timber backing board. The internal surface was painted white with house paint. Only the main surfaces being sanded and the whole external varnished creating a good contrast of darker areas within the handle detailing of the drawer faces. Some wood

putty was used to fill in damaged and irregular corner joints and small feet screwed to the base to float the whole thing.

5. Half double varnish technique.

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May 30, 2011 Item 1: Long Drawer 1

1. Full height

These long drawers were found in Newtown (refer pic 4) and had evidence of being been previously fixed over the years. They were cut back and shelves inserted over a backing of paper record covers (From Pigeon Ground Records). A piece of driftwood was used as a base fascia (refer pic 2) concealing the previously ‘repaired’ crooked rear of the drawer, now bottom shelf.  Note the alternating timber types in the shelves.

2. Fascia
3. Corner detail
4. After and before
5. Loaded

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