Et voilà !

Ma table d'architecte est terminée ...
La voici sous toutes ses coutures :

Très beau week-end à tous  (les pieds dans l'eau pour le nord de l'Europe :((()

En bonne voie ...

A l'horizontale

Inclinaison 1

Inclinaison 2

Après mise en teinte et assemblage définitif

Et comme j'avançais bien, j'ai commencé le plateau :

Avec un peu de chance, j'aurai fini demain ;)

Lentement mais sûrement

A ce stade où rien n'est encore collé, toutes les modifications, adaptations et ajustements sont encore possibles. C'est la partie agréable du montage à blanc, quand bien même il ne s'agit que d'un château de cartes qui ne demande qu'à s'écrouler (un mouvement brusque, un chat en demande de câlins, un "Maman !" hurlé intempestivement ...)

Comme le système de pivots accroche un peu, il me faut agrandir légèrement  les mortaises qui traversent de part en part le pied à la hauteur de l'arc de cercle. En effet, la table doit pouvoir être maintenue inclinée en 2 angles différents en plus de l'horizontale.

De retour ...

Après une absence prolongée, me voici de retour en pleine préparation pour le prochain SIMP.
D'habitude, je ne montre sur ce blog que le résultat final, à savoir mes meubles finis, mais jamais ni les étapes préparatoires ni mes errements (erreurs ?).
Pour une fois, j'ai photographié toutes les étapes de ce nouveau travail. En voici donc le commencement :

Très progressivement, les pieds de cette table d'architecte prennent forme. A ce stade, les montants ne me satisfont pas (les mortaises ne sont pas parfaitement centrées) et, comme ils sont peu travaillés, cela ne me "coûte" pas trop de les refaire ... Et j'en profiterai pour creuser les mortaises qui accueilleront les traverses. Mais l'esprit du meuble commence à se dessiner.

A suivre ...

Am I ready for the Dollhouse Festival ?

Honestly, I am never ready !!!
What is sure is that I am taking the train to London tomorrow morning ...
Here is my very last furniture (this one will remind you something) :

Wish you a nice freezing week-end ;-)

City of London Dollshouse Festival

Catherine and I will be attending the very new show organized in the center of London :

The festival is held in the The Tower Hotel, St Katherine’s Way, London E1W 1LD the 27th of January.

I hope I will meet many of you !

Here are a few pictures of my last work :

"Sounds of silence ..."

I would like to apologize for having be so absent and so silent those last weeks. I would like to apologize because I haven't post the smallest comment on your blog.
I am currently living the worst moments of my life and unfortunately nothing can help.
Anyway, "show must go on", no ?
So I get back to my tools, slowly, very slowly, and done this interesting desk and cabinet :

as a tribute to my master Didier Wetzel (if he reads this post, I am sure he will understand and maybe appreciate).
I would like to thank my brother who took the pictures (just perfect).
You will recognize Elisabeth Causeret's potteries and Scott Lighting's table lamp.

Let's go to the SIMP !

It's been a while since I posted ...
Actually, I was busy working on very few pieces of furniture I will be exhibiting next sunday, the 24th of June,  at the SIMP with my dear and talented friend Catherine.
Here are some pictures :

I hope I will see many of you and for those who never visited before the SIMP, you won't be desapointed : it is a great show !

Same cupboard but ...

... different style.
When I decided to make the corner cabinet I previously showed, I projected to build a second one and here it is :

Unless it is exactly the same pattern and design (except for the door - the one I made for the workshop is for left-handed like me ;-)), the result is completely different.
Hope you will like it.
Have a nice week-end !
(it is almost spring in Paris - and no rain !)

What is new is the workshop ?

Well, instead of finishing the room itself, I began furnishing the workshop ...
I know, I know ! I should be reasonnable because the room is not at all completed yet but ... I can't help it ! I do need to make furniture ;-)
So, here is a small corner cabinet :

Back to work now ... I am working on two kind of chairs.
I will show you as soon as I can.

My own private Adirondack

A tribute to the Hamptons ...
As for me, those comfortable armchairs symbolized the east cost of the United States.
(A place "To die, to sleep— To sleep—perchance to dream".)

 I am not sure I would like them in 1:1 scale, but I thought it would be quiet a good challenge to make them in miniature ;-)

chi va piano, va sano e va lontano ...

A very small little thing for beginning the fresh new year :

See you soon my very dear friends and thank you so much for your kind supports.