Aalto Inspired Tea Cart

I caught pieces and parts of the buliding, very nicely done.

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great shape on the legs/handle.

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Brian,

Definitely one of my favorite projects on LJ. Incredible work, your blog was great, and your attention to detail is impeccable.

Maaaahhhhhhh-velous.

Regards, JM

-- Jarrod, Taos, NM http://jzmurphree.wordpress.com/

Gorgeous! Simply amazing!!

-- Kiersten, Los Angeles, www.modmomfurniture.com

Great job!

This project looks really good. I like the bent lamination a lot. How do you think the MDF wheels will hold up? I guess it probably won’t get rolled around a rock garden, lol, and shouldn’t matter. Piece looks good. Great job

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Very nice, it came out great.

-- Glenn, New Mexico

I like it.

-- work from your heart and your spirit will live forever

I really like the bent forms. Thanks for sharing.

-- My favorite piece is my last one, my best piece is my next one.

Wow, this is really cool. I’m excited to check out your blog to find out how you did the bending.

you nailed it Brian! Congrats! Way to take a big risk and see it through. I bet your client is psyched!

-- Fritz Oakland, Ca http://www.muegenburg.com (dedicated to my other hobby)

Very Good.

Woody.

-- Woody, UK

Slick :) I love steam bent work and this turned out great, sure she’ll love it.

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awesome.. you need a third person there to snap a picture of her look of amazement when she sees it :)

-- ~ Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

Nice job Brian. Making those bent laminates looks like a challenge but you have pulled it off perfectly.

-- Scott - Chico California http://chicowoodnut.home.comcast.net

Nice craftsmanship!!!

-- Dennis Zongker

Wow, Thanks everybody for your comments! Now to start another bent lamination project this weekend…a floor lamp.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

superb work very beautiful concept congratulations

-- jeanmarc manosque france

That has seriously got to be the best looking tea cart I’ve ever seen! Great Job!

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

What flair & craftmanship….beautiful. For that reason….I don’t like the wheels, they divert attention from the excellence of the cart. Quick…paint them mellow yellow before she sees them.

-- Lee

I was just about to say the same as Lee I don’t like the wheels as they let this wonderful ,nay ,beautifully designed and made piece .I am sorry but otherwise beautifully made.Alistair

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Lee & Scotsman

thank you for your comments and know that I respect your advice/opinion regarding the wheels. I just want to pass on some additional background on this. The clients design was based on the Aalto originals that I have attached. Besides the bent lamination the oversized white wheels are the second most important design element and truly give the cart its modern ethereal quality. It also helps unify the use of the white tile. Again just my opinion. Our differences in opinion is what make all of us unique in what we build which I personally think is great. Thanks for your honesty.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Brian, I had the same thought about the wheels as the fellows above, however after seeing the original pics, I can see why you would honor the original idea. VERY modernistic.

-- Respect your shop tools and they will respect you - Ric

You killed it nice work man. Im looking forward to the lamp.

-- Brian, Eternal Furniture & Design http://www.eternal-furniture.com Repurpose Reclaim,Stay Green

I’ve never been a great Aalto fan—too scandinavian for my tastes. Who would imagine… Duh!—but I got to say that I find your design way much streamlined and overall better that the more boxy original inspiration.

Yours has an ethereal quality that Aalto’s, unfortunately, lacks.

kolwdwrkr: On the issue of the durability of the MDF wheels, maybe making a small groove centered in the edge and inserting a glued rubber “rope”, you know, like a giant toric joint, would solve it. But then, perhaps it would draw too much attention from the rest of the design. What about an edge lamination/veenering painted in white?

In any case you did a great selection of woods and materials and an amazing job with this project, Brian.

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

Hi Jojo, Thank you. I too was worried about the the mdf simply being painted out on the edge so I did use a laminate edge banding before I painted out the wheels giving it a crisp look at the same time protecting the otherwise fragile edge of the mdf.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

turned out great!!! I hope you sell a million…get it in some boutique-eee mags…

-- Matt, Napa, CA...fun is beautiful...just trying to have some fun...

Great job!

Thanks for the post

Callum

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See Brian? Great minds think alike… :o)

-- Jojo, shopless in Kyoto · http://twitter.com/kagushokunin

Great job. The bent lamination well done. I agree with you in the solution you used for the wheels. I like scandinavian design, specially went it doesn´t look like a ot of different parts just put together, I prefer some kind of integration, of “melting” together of the components.

-- Alejandro Moreno, CANARY ISLANDS

I like the woven basket! Were you able to source an “o” ring big enough for the wheels? It seems as though this would be a difficult part to find.

Cheers,

-- Matthew Weatherly

Hi Matthew,

I wasn’t able to source the rubber “o” ring or tire. I ended up treating the edge of the wheels with laminate edge banding. The client ended up liking the fact that the wheel didn’t have a contrasting black band so it worked out but I still would have liked to been able to offer it.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com