Work of Art

Music Cabinet

1981

Personal Work of Art, Woodworking

Blue painted wooden cabinet for Pamela Alexander, for her music scores and books.

Contents

Drawings 1 Items

Music Cabinet: Sketches 5 5th page of drawings 01/01/1981

Sketches, Perspective, Section

Five pages of early pencil sketches of the music cabinet, including axonometrics, sections and details, with dimensions and notes.

Records 1 Items

Music Cabinet: Original sketches and description for the making of the music cabinet for Pamela Alexander 01/01/1981

Furniture Making, Notes & Sketches

37-page write up regarding the music cabinet inception along with a description of the construction process followed by numerous original, hand-drawn sketches.

Photographs 2 Items

References

Scientific Research 1 Items

Wholeness and Feeling in Structure-Enhancing Transformations

Christopher Alexander formulated this principle as follows: In any living process, or any process of design or making, the way forward, the next step which is most structure-enhancing, is that step which most intensifies the feeling of the emerging whole. "Feeling" ...

Books 1 Items

The Nature of Order - An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the Universe. Book Two - The Process of Creating Life 2002

“The Process of Creating Life”, the second volume of “The Nature of Order” series presents a dynamic theory of living structure. It begins with an analysis of transformations, which occur in nature, and the distinction between structure-preserving transformations, responsible for ...

Book Chapters 1 Items

Chapter 14. Deep Feeling, 8 / Designing a Music Cabinet

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