Darren Hunter , Madonna Cabinet (WORLD 2023)

Photos:

Hope Moorhead

Country:

New Zealand

This piece is the second edition of what I named the Madonna ‘A Woman of beauty’. It explores the curvature of a woman’s torso using bending techniques of wood and laminated bendy plywood. The body is made of burr Elm veneered bendy ply dyed with Ebony stain. The legs are steam bent from 50x50 Air dried NZ grown White Oak. Ebony dyed Maple feet representing the high heel shoe. Six Drawers run on a dovetail shape runner. Drawer sides made from Quarter sawn European Oak dovetailed to Walnut face. Face veneers Mappa Burl. Black drawer pulls to emulate buttons on the dress. Finished in clear Lacquer.

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