Amelia Gillespie, Modern Hallway (STUDENT 2022)

Student:

Secondary

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

Narrandera High School, NSW. Teachers - Scott Rowlings and Alex Dean

I have always had a big passion for design and construction, in my final year of secondary schooling I decided to undertake an Industrial Technology subject - Timber. I created a hallway buffet displaying a variety of timber joinery methods, precision and attention to detail. My involvement of this subject originated from my passion of design and love of timber I have chosen to display the timbers of Silky Oak grown in Queensland, Australia, with small features and delicate inlays of Western Red Cedar. Queensland Silky Oak was an easy timber to work with, from constructing dovetails to modern joinery like biscuits and dominos. The drawers in my buffet are made of 100% silky oak timber including the drawer bottoms. I also created aspects of black metal, to create a cross design along the back of the buffet, as well as the matte black drawer handles. With the use of red cedar and silky oak, as well as the black metal create a contrast with each other when the finish was applied. The chosen finish was a boiled linseed oil, with the use of 1200 grit sandpaper for a polish. This added to the simplicity of the overall design.

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