Armando Magnino Fine Furniture
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Cabinet Maker and Furniture Designer: Fine Furniture, Beautifully Made My aim in designing and making furniture is to produce unique pieces that allow the beauty and warmth of wood to speak for themselves. My work features clean lines and sweeping curves (often steeped in my interest in geometry and architecture), realised in carefully selected timbers and with a high level of craftsmanship and attention to detail.
I particularly enjoy the challenge of finding useful and efficient solutions in esthetically pleasing forms
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that last 0.6mm (or thereabouts) of ply folded over feels very thin... . But the blade design is interesting (... and guarding arrangements...) At UBC MOA (Museum of Anthropology) in Vancouver there are some Haida boxes that are made in a similar way, by folding a plank at the corners (using relief cutting and steaming) and stitching the last corner... I'll see if I can find an image...
Artisan Alchemy talk 2
... and here's a clip from the end of the talk at Artisan Alchemy - Thank you Julia for filming!
Artisan Alchemy Talk
Great evening at Artisan Alchemy, celebrating their first anniversary. Thank you to Michele, Julia, Dominique, and Alfred for organising it all. Here's a clip from the beginning of my presentation.
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Artisan Alchemy
I'd better start preparing my presentation for Artisan Alchemy's 1st birthday event on Thursday! :) If you want to come and would like a lift from Leamington/Warwick, message me.
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Two students on my furniture making evening class at Warwickshire School of Arts are making cabinets with drawers. One has cut the dovetails with router and jig and the other by hand... and he's also devised some ingenious retractable catches to stop the drawers being pulled out too far... clever these engineers, eh?
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Artisan Alchemy Gallery in Birmingham Jewellery Quarter is getting ready to celebrate their first anniversary. I've been invited to do a presentation on my approach to furniture making and design, so we're putting together a number of my pieces to have on display for the occasion. Thank you Dominique and Julia for your help and creating such a welcoming space!
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and the sideboard is done! A final sanding to get it ready for finishing and it'll be ready to deliver soon...
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Gluing up the legs of the sideboard: I often get a sense of aesthetic satisfaction when the clamps that are holding the work some how create a pleasing pattern... In rock climbing we used to say "a knot not neat is a knot not needed" to remind participants that safety comes from the right knot. tied well, not from lots of messy knots. I guess the same applies to clamping work in progress - it's about getting the right clamps to put the pressure where it's needed... if you end up using a forest of clamps you might need to review your design or your process
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It's been in the workshop less than a month and I'm already messing around with it: using the table saw to cut the shoulders for the tenons for the legs of the sideboard I'm making. With the batten clamped on as a top guard and a toggle clamp to hold the workpiece I would argue that I meet H&S requirements... What do you think, Jamie?
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... more clever furniture... Simon, Shahissta... what do you think?
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