CABINETS and CASEPIECES
De Deux wall cabinet by Wales & Wales, oak and bog oak (27"x10"x20"h), 2006
Splayed Chest of Drawers by Gerald Curry, curly maple and bocote (32"x19"x49"), 2001
Jerry Curry & Rod Wales
July 16 – 27
This course for intermediate woodworkers focuses on the design and construction of casepieces, such as cabinets, dressers, tables, and chests. Rod and Jerry teach all aspects of solid-wood casepiece construction, from general principles right down to the fine points of fitting drawers and hanging doors. They also address the use of veneered components, such as panels and drawer fronts.
Every participant builds an individual project with extensive one-on-one guidance from the instructors. Students are encouraged to explore new design ideas and improve their versatility with the design process.
Rod Wales is a principal in Wales & Wales, a furniture making and design partnership based in East Sussex, England. He is involved in all aspects of furniture design, from one-off to limited and commercial production. Rod trained as a craftsman at Rycotewood College before studying design at Parnham College, to which he has returned over the years as Design Tutor. Wales & Wales’ work is in numerous public collections, including that of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Gerald Curry has been making furniture professionally for almost 30 years. Based in Union, Maine, Jerry has an unusually broad range of experience, from replicating and restoring Eighteenth Century American furniture to designing and building his own contemporary work. In 2003 and 2004 Jerry was the invited guest artist at the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association annual auction. Other recent exhibitions include “Maine Contemporary Furniture” at the Colby College Museum of Art in 2001 and “EnVision,” also at Colby, in 2003.