Screen Play

This commission was a delight and very much an expression of a decision made at the start of my woodworking career almost 40 years ago. I wanted each piece to require techniques that were new for me, and I only wanted to make work for people who got how much heart went into each piece.

My client had the idea of a folding screen that would display his wife’s paintings and be a surprise gift for her 80th birthday. She is a respected artist with particular skill in depicting Australian flora. He wanted the paintings to be easily changed, alternated as the mood and more recent work determined.

Design decisions

I immediately decided on the frames to be rounded to allude