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The name for this piece comes
from the fact that it is designed on a 6" module. It is a series of 6
inches squares that make up the curved shoji wall that is the back.
The pattern of the veneer on the doors is laid out with a 6" drop
in grain. The radius of the curves is based on units divisible by
6, etc.
However the driving theme is a composition based on transparency,
translucency and opacity. The back of the object is a large curved
square translucent shoji panel. This panel also supports the shelves
inside. There are no physical sides to the object so that from
the side it is possible to see through the object with pure transparency.
The doors are opaque and float above the floor, but when closed
the shut off viewing into the object but they are surrounded buy
the soft light of the shoji. When the doors are open the objects
displayed inside are set of by this same soft quality of light.
It is also important to think of this object acting as a room divider,
the curved shoji gives a warm and gentle appearance when viewed
from behind. Light can enter the object from the sides so that
shadow and visual variation can be projected upon the rice paper
when viewed in this way. This object was designed to live in a
true three-dimensional viewing.
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