Edward Johnson
Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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Story:
As a designer and a maker I understand the medium timber in great depth. I know how it moves, looks, feels and works, which allows me to really push the boundaries, to try the untried and succeed. 'Volumptuous' is a truly unique sideboard, a work of art, a piece that tested me as a maker and made me feel uncomfortable as a designer. Using the latest of material technology, 'Volumptuous' is handmade in Oak and internally lined with the aromatic Cedar of Lebanon. The once square frame work was hand shaped to follow each laminated panels form, and then lightly fumed with ammonia to achieve the chocolate brown colouring. Volumptuous is as sensuous as furniture gets, visually stimulating, enticingly tactile and beautifully scented. It speaks a thousand words about what I believe my work is about.
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Fact:
Ammonia fuming is a traditional process for darkening and richening the colour of oak. The chemistry is an oxidation of naturally occurring tannins in the timber. Supposedly it was discovered by observing the way that oak beams in stables were darkened on exposure to the fumes from horse urine. |
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Contemporary handmade sideboard measures (h) 850 (w) 1650 (d) 500
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The people
Furniture Designer: Edward JohnsonType: Sideboard
Materials Combination: Wood
Photographs: Courtesy of Edward Johnson
