Cabinet for Walter Gropius

<div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlDD2yOGiN0Viw2XIkPlafzfUpFYB3T1UwftT7CgeYvB5uZJp_AOI2rnOxV25DcBiWCuWj4kNg51FOQcN64NPFrTrO3MFyU3io47h5X4v2jC-aw34A3IOpgrbSXXVAehU0AJ-3TZbQAo/s1600/%231.powerplant-790203.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502748135915859842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlDD2yOGiN0Viw2XIkPlafzfUpFYB3T1UwftT7CgeYvB5uZJp_AOI2rnOxV25DcBiWCuWj4kNg51FOQcN64NPFrTrO3MFyU3io47h5X4v2jC-aw34A3IOpgrbSXXVAehU0AJ-3TZbQAo/s640/%231.powerplant-790203.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /><b>Materials: </b>Besta, Varna, Stolmen components<br /><br /><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcH0dYwdyA_SUZYiUTF2hwY1ZqOI-BLmbdK8m_JyTbm99bkJXrFS0td7NL4uBZTIQZmWe8vX90bxHCpC4uKfHaWddXrUbsQUNj2JXNGQ1BYuXEMUU9jlnw6_R1dGRXBAb2g1QwXWojUY/s1600/architecture-illinois-chicago-south-side-michael-reese-hospital-power-plant-walter-gropius-bauhaus-from-crouch-on-flickr-793216.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="148" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502748148430347650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfcH0dYwdyA_SUZYiUTF2hwY1ZqOI-BLmbdK8m_JyTbm99bkJXrFS0td7NL4uBZTIQZmWe8vX90bxHCpC4uKfHaWddXrUbsQUNj2JXNGQ1BYuXEMUU9jlnw6_R1dGRXBAb2g1QwXWojUY/s200/architecture-illinois-chicago-south-side-michael-reese-hospital-power-plant-walter-gropius-bauhaus-from-crouch-on-flickr-793216.png" width="200" /></a></div><b>Description:</b> This is the first in a series of sculpture/furniture pieces that are based on the architecture of Walter Gropius, the founder of the Bauhaus. Specifically, I am making IKEA models of all eight mid-century Modern Gropius buildings that are currently being demolished by the City of Chicago. <br /><br />This piece is based on the 1953 Power Plant (pix, right). <br /><br />First, I assembled the base using three Besta cabinet bases. Since they have paper cores, I inserted strips of pine inside the two plys of laminate to fasten them together. <br /><br />Sides and doors are made of recut Varna doors. Original hinges are used, but new pocket holes needed to be made with a Forstner drill bit. <br /><br />The top is made of two Varna doors. It is fastened to the cabinet using IKEA cam lock hardware, which again, needed to be redrilled with a 15mm Forstner bit. <br /><br /><div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IOceWctXHGM5ESSd4V7clmUmpDws-PVxx9D7BxpXeI4oCyAkO_G55_7ojG1Nt7bHk8KeV3aRFEJ5sUkqd-ljwnGJZ7ICBauxqMfhVU2jViumheOvw0IQ67u3BxLwCX_p5BsRkm2KxNI/s1600/%231.powerplant.det1-791561.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="640" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502748142330719378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0IOceWctXHGM5ESSd4V7clmUmpDws-PVxx9D7BxpXeI4oCyAkO_G55_7ojG1Nt7bHk8KeV3aRFEJ5sUkqd-ljwnGJZ7ICBauxqMfhVU2jViumheOvw0IQ67u3BxLwCX_p5BsRkm2KxNI/s640/%231.powerplant.det1-791561.jpg" width="428" /></a></div><br />A router and circle jig was used to cut smooth holes for the Stolmen poles to go through. The entire cabinet is supported by Stolmen brackets on the underside. <br /><br />~ <a href="http://www.jeff-carter.net/html/index.html">Jeff Carter</a>, Chicago

Cabinet for Walter Gropius

Materials: Besta, Varna, Stolmen components Description: This is the first in a series of sculpture/furniture pieces that are based on the ...

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