Posts made by davidheim1

i seem to be a sucker for ornate period furniture these days. These are hall chairs from the George III period, which I saw on 1stibs.com. The originals were made around 1800, in mahogany.
Enjoy.
dh

Looks like a good place to start for both the modeling and the woodworking. Nice.

Thanks, all.

Ah, women!

I've been working on a William and Mary chest, made in England in about 1700. The original is veneered in walnut. I've taken most of the textures from the original. All 13 drawers are fully detailed. In the image, William is on the left, Mary on the right.
Enjoy.
dh

Nice work. Looks mighty comfortable.

Nlipovac--How well padded is your bum? The seat's solid wood, although it probably came with a thin cushion back in the day.

Pbacot--Not sure about the magic, but there were a zillion little details to mind. The legs, for instance, have a very small amount of rake and splay, just enough to be a PITA.

Thanks for the comments.

Thank you, gentlemen.

My interpretation of a horseshoe-back armchair from 17th century China. One knowledgeable furniture-maker once told me that Chinese furniture from this period was the finest ever made. Who am I to argue? The original sold at auction for nearly a million dollars.
You can draw a direct line from chairs like this to early 20th century furniture from the Vienna Secession movement and to modern Danish design. Hans Wegner designed a chair that could be the Ming chair's great-great-great-great grandchild.
Enjoy!
dh

Many thanks, gentlemen.

Here's a little something for America's Independence Day holiday--a smattering of iconic furniture made in America. In the foreground, from left to right:: A barrel chair by Frank Lloyd Wright, a bentwood dining chair by Charles and Ray Eames, the Conoid chair by George Nakashima, and a music stand by Wendell Castle. And in the background, a Townsend-Goddard highboy.
Cue the fireworks and enjoy!

George Nakashima meets Michael Fortune, or something. Very interesting design and very nice model.

Thanks again.

Thank you, gentlemen.

One reason I enjoy woodworking: the shop is a politics-free zone, a place out of range of demonstrators' chants, politicians' dissemblings, and TV anchors' rantings. But in reality, the shop is never far from the real world. For instance, the English Arts & Crafts movement was as political as it was esthetic, a reaction to the growing industrialization in the nineteenth century.
So I was very pleased to read an article on FineWoodworking.com that brought the current turmoil over racial prejudice into view for woodworkers in a subtle but effective way. The author, Bob Miller, discussed a masterful and influential cabinetmaker named Thomas Day, who happened to be black. The article was a reminder that lives like Day's matter, and that it's long past time to give them their due.
You can read the article here:
https://www.finewoodworking.com/2020/06/26/its-time-thomas-day-took-his-place-alongside-townsend-phyfe-and-the-others
The model is my quick take on the Thomas Day settee featured in the article.

Excellent, as usual.

I laid out the criss-cross pattern of lines on the face of the component. Where there should be space between the pieces of webbing, I push/pulled a hole.

This one is a Midcentury Modern lounge chair and ottoman. Mel Smilow, a designer who sold his work through a half-dozen furniture stores that he owned, created the original in 1956. The frame is walnut; the webbing, dark leather.
In the model, the webbing isn't actually woven. I traced the contours of the seat area, used those edges to loft a face, copied the face and moved it up a smidge, then connected the two faces and made them a single component. Then I laid out the line pattern to create the illusion of woven leather.
I'll follow the same procedure to make the webbing on the chair, which will take some time. But stay tuned.
Best,
dh

I don't know, Frenchy. Dave Richards apparently has never met a plugin he didn't like.

Thanks, HornOxx.
The lofting plugin I used is part of Fredo6's Curviloft, available through the Plugin Store here on SketchUcation. Here's a link:

https://sketchucation.com/plugin/1175-curviloft

I used the Skinning plugin described in the link. It's also called Skin Contours, which apparently does not translate well. Apologies for the confusion.