50"W 81"H 18"D
Central Sierra Sugar Pine with Sugar Maple
Pure Tried & True linseed oil warmed and blended with beeswax
Last year I was commissioned to make a couple commercial-grade gallery display cases . They turned out fine and they were a proving ground for my unique all wood sliding door design , but I have been looking forward to applying my innovations to a no-holds-barred fine case piece . In making this piece for a private collector I decided to seize the opportunity and go all in . The case is fashioned in premium local Sugar Pine (the entire piece features exactly two knots , and for the sake of breaking the monotony of perfect wood I had to make a special effort to place those knots where they could be seen !) and the friction components for the sliding doors are made of long-wearing Sugar Maple . The overall austerity of this design is , as with all my designs , enlivened with honest yet eye-catching joinery . The top case is joined with diagonally wedged mortise and tenons and of course the drawers are joined with hand-cut through and half-blind dovetails . The interior of the case is lit with no-heat , spectrum-corrected LED light fixtures and the exterior top of the case conceals halogen spotlights that light artwork on the wall above the case . The adjustable glass shelves are fitted in wood frames which form a lip that prevents very expensive and very breakable items from rolling off the shelves .
