Shaker Entertainment Unit
The Shaker style is the one "country style" that
cuts right to the pure geometrics and proportions. If you understand its
zone, and don't start messing with its purity by adding decorative "details",
and concentrate on the lines, space and balance, it'll get you to that Zen place
successfully. It can blend with contemporary styles quite well too.
This piece was made with air dried cherry that had
been stacked in the customer's shed for 7 years or so, waiting for someone like
me to come along. Cherry (and walnut too) is one of those woods that is always
better air dried, rather than kiln dried, because the colour
doesn't drip out in the drying process and remains rich and
true.
These pictures were taken on delivery, and soon
after, the natural colour of the cherry started to punch out once the natural
light came in through the windows.
