Jamie Johnstone, Drinks Cabinet (STUDENT 2024)

Student:

Secondary

Name of school or tertiary institution, name of woodworking teacher (if you have one), and name of photographer:

School: The King's School, Teacher: Brian Daveys, Photographer: Jamie Johnstone

I have made a drinks cabinet using a combination of solid and veneered American White Oak timber. The cabinet is made with a knockdown fitting allowing the top to be removed on a set of sliding dovetails. The bench top draws the eye in with a herringbone patterned parquetry. I found building a knockdown fitting into a bench top, of which features parquetry, one of the hardest obstacles of my project. Working around the challenges of this, I built the parquetry bench top on plywood to reduce weight. The individual pieces are thin solid timber and I went on to add solid inserts into the plywood for the dovetail joint to be cut into, this ensured strength on the knockdown fitting. Overall, I am very pleased with how my project came together.

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