This is a little embarrassing, but I've been working on this cabinet for (maybe?) five years. I remember what inspired it - I'd purchased a small stained glass panel from my friend Gayle, and thought it would look great in a cabinet door.
So I built the door.
Assembling wood grains perpendicular to each another is often a recipe for disaster, so I built the door and let it rest.
And rest.
And rest even longer.
Five years of resting...
It wasn't like I was sitting around, waiting for it to crack. Life got in the way, and it was put on a shelf. I'd look at it every so often. One thing I've learned - wood does what it wants to do, regardless of what we want it to do!
And finally - three things happened.
One - I decided it had rested long enough, and it was stable. It was ready to have a cabinet built around it.
Two - I was tired of having it dangle around in my brain - and worrying that it would be damaged.
And three - I decided that this tall narrow cabinet was perfect for holding the Martin backpacker guitar that I'd purchased. So I built a cabinet for it.
1 comment:
Beautiful work! Sometimes time is the only factor towards perfection as it only lives once. Didn't see the hanger in-person but love the one built for it—gives it unique class to the instrument.
I dig the style; even more so because it follows a classic principle: if you’re going to put a hole in something you don’t wish to destroy, build a door or at least, leave a window.
You did both LOL—can’t beat that!
The place the be for a retired backpacker. Thanks for sharing!!
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