Scott Macfarlane

Scott Macfarlane says "That particular piece came about in an auspicious way. A friend of mine was dignosed with breast cancer roughly 8 years ago. She ran an art gallery in Denver, Colorado as well as Santa Fe, New Mexico. Unfortunately she eventually succumbed to the disease but not before looking into every possible remedy that was out there. Her parents were obviously devastated. I was honored when they approached me to build a cabinet for them to house the artifacts that Jodi had gathered during her illness. Many people gave her symbolic items that might help the healing process. So when I sat down to figure out what the best design would be I had many things to consider. After a couple of designs we settled on what you see. The inside and outside are veneered with a Pommel Sapele with the exception to the small box on top which is veneered on the inside with a Pillow Block Maple. The doors, sides and back have a slight curve which flattens out at the corners. The corners have a Gabon Ebony inlay. The pulls are made with Gabon Ebony. How I did that was to inlay the Ebony into the doors, veneer over them and then rout out a round shallow scoop if you will which then had a second piece of Ebony inlayed across it to act as a finger pull. The legs are laminated Mahogany which has been ebonized. They were clamped into a mold and then routed on all four sides. Some rasping and sanding was done to bring all three legs to a point at the top. I attached them at the very bottom of the cabinet using sex bolts. All of the drawers are veneered as well and each is has a specific task of housing particular artifacts. There are even wide drawers to house letters that were written to her from friends. The cabinet was finished with a Sam Maloof Oil and Poly mix. Needless to say it was a very emotional piece to build................

The cabinet dimensions are: 18" x 18" x 77". www.alexanderwoodworking.com