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The stain, a mixture of artist's oil colors and Watco Danish Oil is liberally applied. After letting it soak into the surface for 15 minutes the surface is wiped dry. After staining, the wood is a rich green color and the open pores of the wood are filled with pigment. I finished the inside of the cabinet with shellac, then installed the shiplapped back planks, screwing them at top and bottom to the cross rails of the back frame. I wanted the hardware to look old, so I soaked it in lacquer thinner and scrubbed the finish off with a nylon abrasive pad. I then SUPPLIES Whitechapel Ltd. 800-468-534 or whitechapel-ltd.com 4 • 3" x 15/8" butt hinges #205H1, $5.28 ea. 4 • polished rosette pulls #5PR14, $12.11 ea. 1 • hollow brass knob #98KSB9, $5.48 Lee Valley 800-871-8158 or leevalley.com 2 • ball catches #00W12.01, $1.80 ea. Cornell University museum.cornell.edu/byrdcliffe/ • Byrdcliffe: An American Arts & Crafts Colony, online exhibition Prices correct at time of publication. put the parts in a plastic container along with a smaller container. I poured some ammonia into the smaller container, and put the lid on the larger one. Fumes from the ammonia oxidized the hardware in a few hours, giving me the patina I wanted. I hung the doors on the cabinet, used a pair of ball catches at the top to keep them closed, and installed the pulls and knob. Post Script As a commercial enterprise, the furniture made at Byrdcliffe was a dismal failure. As examples of fine design, however, they were a tremendous success. In making this piece, I wanted to add the finest craftsmanship I could to this wonderful design, paying some respect to the anonymous craftsmen that Ralph Whitehead assumed would spoil the work if left unattended. I knew I had succeeded when I showed my wife the finished cabinet. She looked at it for a while and then said, "It's like looking through pine trees on the edge of a forest on a perfect day in the fall." When craftsmanship evokes poetry, it's been a pretty good day. PW The stain is followed by a coat of natural color Watco, which lightens the color and highlights the figure of the quartersawn wood. 44 Popular Woodworking April 2006 |
