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August 17, 2014 ITEM 55 ReKea Stool

An old IKEA stool found in the street, the seat top was rotten and thus discarded and the legs delaminated in spots with surface wear. I simply removed the legs and screws and sanded them all back, re glued and clamped the ply lamination and then varnished and spray painted the legs as seen here. The new top was crafted from a section of hardwood plank found on the streets of Newtown.

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March 21, 2013 ITEM 32: DECO

1 As found
2 Take appart
3 Prep components
4 Lunchtime design
5 Lunchtime design
6 Lunchtime design
7 Inspiration
8 Inspiration
9 Inspiration
10 Beautiful
11 Stamp plate
12 Feet from boat flotsam
13 Sneaky drawer
14 Sneaky drawer
15 Sneaky drawer
16 Front
17 Handles
18 Top
19 Top open
20 Rounded shelves
21 Loaded

The Inter War Deco Architectural style is a personal favorite of mine and many of the best examples around Sydney are the beautiful pubs built in that style by the hot young Architects of the day and paid for by the cashed up breweries of that era that still owned most of the pubs. Stepped roofs, patterned facades and horizontal patterning, coloured tiles and geometrically even curves reminiscent of the older P&O Liners are but a tad of the magic. This is a little homage I whipped together from these two drawers and various other bits of street and bay found flotsam.  Engineering wise this piece is interesting because the drawers are mounted pointing out to the sides. This created all sorts of shenanigans with regard to imagining a sturdy structural compilation. You can see I pushed the 1970’s handles aside for something more befitting the Inter War Deco design objective. These are the same type of handles I salvaged for the Tiki Lounge Key Cabin (a recent post). The paint colours are also intended to be reminiscent of some c1935 pub tile colours.

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