Hey everyone! On August 23rd, LowCountry Habitat for Humanity is having an auction featuring a bunch of great pieces made by local artist using up cycled materials. I have entered one myself, it is a Hepplewhite style stand made of old growth southern yellow heart pine salvaged from a 19th century house being renovated on King St right here in Beaufort! Ive added a picture of the stand as well as the write up Ive prepared for it for auction. It is very utilitarian, very cute, very beachy, and VERY Beaufort...quite literally! All the proceeds from the auction go to charity, and its a great opportunity to own a piece of Beaufort, made right here in the Sham! If youre interested in my piece or any of the other great local pieces that are going to be auctioned, the website is lowcountryhabitat.org/events/upcy... tickets are going fast! Hepplewhite Style Stand, Yellow Heart Pine ca. 2014 This stand is made of old growth Southern Yellow Heart Pine, harvested in the 19th century, and reclaimed from the renovation of a 19th century residence on King St, in Beaufort, SC. What distinguishes old growth yellow heart pine from modern yellow pine is the growth rate. Yellow pine has a very rapid growth rate for the first 30 years of so of its life, in which it produces a very wide, wavy grain similar to spruce or fir. As yellow pine matures, its growth rate slows. The old growth yellow pine harvested into the 19th century was hundreds of years old, and become very dense, with a very tight ribbon-like grain appearance. Unfortunately, very little of this type of pine still exists, and it is because of this that it is one of the most sought after reclaimed woods in existence. In addition, Southern yellow heart pine offers a very distinctive Southern flavor that can be found nowhere else. The stand is done in typical American Hepplewhite style. George Hepplewhite was an English cabinetmaker famous for his influence on late 18th and early 19th century furniture design. Hepplewhite’s designs tended to focus on simple elegant straight lines and square corners, as opposed to the preceding domanant style of Thomas Chippendale, which focused on flowing, elaborate curves, heavy carving and fretwork. Stands of this style are extremely utilitarian, often being called work tables or work stands, because they have seemingly unlimited uses. Some were made with a single drawer, some were not. The top and skirt of the stand are made from reclaimed floorboards, and the legs are made from a reclaimed beam. The top maintains its original surface and patina built up over more than a century, sealed and waxed. The base has been painted with a recreated two tone paint, appropriate to the period. The undercoat is a robin’s egg blue, with an overcoat of a light green. Both colors were readily available in the early 19th century, and the combination of the two creates a beautiful aqua color. The paint has been aged appropriately for a table of the period.
Posted on: Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:43:05 +0000
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