Harlequin side table - Printable Version

Harlequin side table - Printable Version

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RE: Harlequin side table - PedroOhare - 08-07-2019

So, how did it do at the show?

Pedro

RE: Harlequin side table - stav - 08-07-2019

(08-07-2019, 12:48 PM)PedroOhare Wrote: So, how did it do at the show?

Pedro

Curious as well.

RE: Harlequin side table - Derek Cohen - 08-07-2019

The Show ran Friday to Sunday, today - which is when I managed to attend. Some of the photos are taken early in the day. The plan was that I would do a few demonstrations (of hand tool use, plus run a master class on dovetailing), grab my prize (I did win something), and run. But there were so many interesting things to see, and I got chatting with old friends .. and then my wife turned up in the afternoon (presumably to ensure that I did not sell her new table ... no, there was a concurrent craft show on) ... and so on ...

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I took a lot of photos, but I will just show a few.

Old tools for sale!

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Isn't this cool ...

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I did help ... pointed out a little bit of tearout ...it did bring a smile
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My favourite is always the area where my friend Greg Miller (in the blue shirt) runs a green wood school, and always has a section for kids:

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Where else do you see kids having so much fun with a shave horse!

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Just in case you think that Perth is stuck in the 1800s, there were plenty of power tools and machines for sale. But it is old hat. I know everyone is waiting to see the furniture.

Well, I did not win. My club mate, Ian Houghton won first prize with a chest called "The Three Americans" (the name went over my head). Interestingly for me, it was also a harlequin theme. A really stunning piece. The photos do not do it justice.

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Dovetailed drawers with suede bottoms ...

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RE: Harlequin side table - Derek Cohen - 08-07-2019

I got second place ...

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Third went to this heavily inlaid cabinet ...

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One other piece I will show is first place in the box section, which went to another club member, Martin Burgoyne. Martin had just returned from a course in Japan, the influence for this piece ...

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I did not understand it at first, and needed to read the display notice ...

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Hope you found this interesting.

Oh, my prize for second place was a HNT Gordon end vise.

Regards from Perth

Derek

RE: Harlequin side table - Gary G™ - 08-07-2019

Congratulations on 2nd place.
For those who don’t venture out, the box is posted on Lumberjocks:

https://www.lumberjocks.com/projects/411012

RE: Harlequin side table - cputnam - 08-07-2019

Congratulations on the second place! Thanks for the report. Hope you put more pics up on your site. Figured out your next project yet?

RE: Harlequin side table - stav - 08-08-2019

Congrats on a respectable showing. I’m not sure I agree with the judges on not getting first, but then I am not in Perth to see the pieces in person. I do like the box your buddy made. The is a fine piece. Congrats to him as well.

RE: Harlequin side table - fredhargis - 08-08-2019

Congratulations to you. It's awesome to see that show....I would not have guessed that Perth was such a woodworking center (centre?)

RE: Harlequin side table - hbmcc - 08-09-2019

1st is dripping with envy, 3rd will likely send out the cavalry to bump you off.....

Super job, congratulations Derek!

RE: Harlequin side table - Derek Cohen - 08-09-2019

Thanks, my friends.

I rarely agree with the judges, except for 2017 when I won
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I wrote the following at WoodCentral, and am repeating it here as it may be worth commenting on ...

As to the furniture piece that was awarded first place, the maker is a very good woodworker, and he wins every year (except for 2017, when I won). He works exclusively with veneer on chipboard or MDF. His veneer work is stupendous. We are good mates and I tease him that it is kitchen ware. We have an agreement that I will teach him dovetailing, and he will teach me veneering.

My wife argues that there should be one category for veneer work and another for solid wood. The competition rules state that they aim to reward design and craftsmanship, and to do so regardless of whether power or handwork is used. History tends to indicate that veneer is king. My view - which makes it difficult to avoid sounding like sour grapes - is that veneer used extensively can hide a multitude of sins and is not fine woodworking. It is just fine veneering. In my world, craftsmanship is about joinery and proportions and choice of materials.

Rather than become frustrated with this, I have made it my mission at my club to educate members about joinery and hand tools. I use machines as well, but I see how their over use can limit expression. Wide veneered panels look sterile. Machine joinery is not the enemy, but it can discourage flights of design fancy. A few weeks ago I gave a talk on the bow-fronted apothecary chest I built for the 2018 Wood Show (and which did not get a place). I think that it only dawned on members just how complex the joinery was. Many do not think about these aspects, or that many of the technical challenges of design were met by woodworkers over 200 years ago.

On to next year!

Regards from Perth

Derek