Entry Details

Wall Cabinet Contest
March 1, 2005

Entry Details

# 58

Kevin Husted

Loveland , OH

Dimensions (inches):
	Width:	12 3/4
	Height:	31
	Depth:	4
Materials:		The cabinet was made from Brazilian Cherry and Ash. All the molding was handmade. It has 3 shelves inside (which display some of my smaller vessel turnings) and a small drawer on the bottom that is made from Ash and Brazilian Cherry using dovetail construction. The cabinet is made of dovetail corners covered by the top and bottom moldings. The shelves are made from sliding dovetail construction. The door was made from raised panel construction using traditional router construction methods. The hinges are hidden barrel type hinges with magnets as door closures. The door knobs are cast iron pieces. The inset panel is a folk-art acrylic painting done by my wife on a 1/8" panel. This was the starting point of the cabinet as my wife completed the painted piece and asked me to frame it..........one thing led to another and the cabinet was born. It was fun to create and see her face when I showed her the "framed" piece.

This is a frontal view of the Brazilian Cherry and Ash cabinet hanging on the wall. The raised panel inset painting is an acrylic folk art piece done by my wife.

This is a closeup of the inset panel painting done by my wife. This painting was done using acrylic paints on a 1/8" panel.

This is a frontal view with the cabinet door opened to view the sliding dovetails and drawer dovetail construction.

This is a closer frontal view of the cabinet opened to view the sliding dovetails and dawer dovetail construction.

This is a closeup of the drawer dovetail construction showing the beauty of the Ash and Brazilian Cherry color contrast.

Judges Comments

RJ : The cornice moulding seems a little clumsily proportioned being quite vertical compared to the flaring out of the base moulding. Pleasant proportion of the cabinet height and width. Attractive folk art panel. Drawer dovetails a little coarse. Face frame encircling the drawer does not seem to match the door construction pattern which is visually jarring.
LG : The next step for you is to see a piece not as a collection of parts but as a whole. Weld your face frame seamlessly to the cabinet sides, match the inside to the outside and so on.
EW : A nice effort and a dramatic way to frame a piece of artwork, to be sure. I would agree with most of Richard's comments regarding the proportions of the top molding and the composition of the elevation details.
AJH : I like the idea of creating a project around an existing item -- in this case, the painted panel. It's one of the most challenging ways to do a project, and I'd be willing to bet that if you did it more than once with the same existing item, that you'd never do it the same way twice.