Dan Faia’s Bombe Chest – Masterful Beauty in Wood
I had wanted to post this picture at the time of the article I posted in an earlier blog here.
The credit for the photograph goes to Fine Woodworking and particularly Thomas McKenna. I found the article very inspiring throughout and thought it could be aspirational to read about the creative work of Dan Faia who like many woodworkers today is both a furniture maker and teacher. Dan teaches at the North Bennet Street School. If it’s not too late take a look at the original article and indeed my conversation with Dan later.
Wow! So beautiful on so many levels.
It is definitely a beautiful piece and the craftsmanship is truly stunning. But I can’t help thinking of the amount of that precious timber that ended up on the workshop floor as chips just to reveal those curves. It is a piece that reminds us about the reason why so many modern makers use lamination to produce their serpentine shapes. No matter how much money I had and how much timber or skill that I could command, I just could never justify leaving that amount of fine material on the floor. But a very interesting piece nevertheless.
Don’t ever try wood turning or carving then, mate!
It doesn’t remind me of that at all. I can’t understand how the ‘waste wood’ would even come into consideration when that’s what’s required to craft such a thing of beauty. But each to their own, I guess
Mostly the carcas is a lesser wood covered with veneer. Not much waste there.
JIM