Making Fine Furniture: Designer-Makers and Their Projects
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Tom Darby
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- File Size: 27.8 MB
- Book Language: English
- Total Page Count: 178
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Making Fine Furniture: Designer-Makers and Their Projects
Making Fine Furniture offers a close look at twelve Australian designer-makers and their work. This digital edition is a PDF and is available for instant download. It explores both the thinking behind each piece and the practical details of making it.
Tom Darby profiles makers who were interviewed in their workshops in November 1990. Each profile is followed by a furniture project with drawings and construction guidance. The result is a record of Australian studio furniture making in the early 1990s and a useful project resource for woodworkers.
Book Overview
This book is an introduction to 12 Australian furniture designer-makers and explains their design approach and philosophy. Their different solutions to the problems and challenges of design and construction are explored through twelve projects.
First published in 1992 by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, this edition was issued by Sterling Pub Co Inc in 1993. The illustrations are by David Stokan, and photographs are by Tom Darby unless otherwise credited.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- Profiles of twelve Australian designer-makers and the working environments they had built around their craft.
- Twelve furniture projects, including a desk, chairs, tables, bookcase, and a settle.
- Construction details and alternative timber suggestions for Australian cabinet timbers.
- David Stokan’s drawings and photographs by Tom Darby supported by captions.
- An account of the revival of studio furniture-making in Australia since the mid-1970s.
Why This Book Matters
The book records a generation of Australian designer-makers earning a living from furniture in the 1990s. It places their work in a wider story that includes earlier practitioners like Robert Prenzel and Schulim Krimper, and influences from John Makepeace, James Krenov, Wharton Esherick, and Wendell Castle.
It also connects professional practice with home workshops. The projects were designed to be made in a modest workshop with relatively unsophisticated machine and hand tools.
Book Details
| Title | Making Fine Furniture: Designer-Makers and Their Projects |
|---|---|
| Author | Tom Darby |
| First Published | 1992 by Guild of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd, Castle Place, 166 High Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 1XU |
| Publisher | Sterling Pub Co Inc |
| Publication Date | January 1, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0 946819 30 0 |
| ISBN-10 | 0946819300 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0946819300 |
| Language | English |
| Print Length | 176 pages |
| Pages | 178 |
| Format | |
| File Size | 27.8 MB |
| File Size Bytes | 29199218 |
| Item Weight | 1.5 pounds |
| Dimensions | 8.5 x 0.5 x 10.75 inches |
| Best Sellers Rank | #5,435,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating) |
| Foreword | Grace Cochrane, Curator, Australian Decorative Arts and Design, post-1945, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney |
| Illustrations | David Stokan |
| Photographs | Tom Darby unless otherwise credited |
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