Six Inch Cabinet
    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.

 
Designed 1992
60"W-18"D-72"H
Wenge and synthetic rice paper.
   
     
       
   

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