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This is one of my first significant attempts at woodworking. I needed a drafting table and plenty of storage, and I wanted an integrated solution that looked like "real" furniture.
I wanted the piece to look a little like a sky-scraper. Monolithic and industrial, but stately, and no ornamentation. Everything looks like what it is. The drawers are large, flat boxes with exposed finger joints, the ladder-bracing is visible and obvious, even the screw heads are covered with a contrasting wood. Anyone can tell how the piece is constructed and what each part does. One might think that such a concerted effort to avoid ornament would result in boring, ugly furniture, but in this case it doesn't.
The unit has five drawers. All four sides of every drawer are exposed and actually form the majority of the carcase (see photo below). Four of the drawers will each hold 4" of 'C' size paper or a large collection of triangles, squares, leads, and other supplies. The bottom drawer is double-depth and houses side-by-side hanging files. The top bin contains four 2' flourescent tubes, covered by a sheet of stretched diffusion material, providing soft, even light for easy tracing even with bond or other "opaque" papers. The top is 3/8" glass with an ample pencil tray, built-in mounting holes for double-arm lamps, and a ledge for sharpeners, a cup of cofee, or what have you.
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Drafting Table, 1995
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Poplar, Maple, Wenge, Glass, Fourescent Fixtures and Ballasts, Spun Polyester
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(51 x 48 x 43 inches)
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$2700
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