How to hack an O’Keeffe work table
At heart, Georgia O’Keeffe was a “maker.” Paintings were about materials, as were her homes, and clothing. Even her work tables. If her hands weren’t making something, they were picking up bits and bobs while she walked or feeling one of her collection of stones.
Here are O’Keeffe’s directions for making her work table:
Take a 4 x 8 foot slab of plywood, any grain you please, and sand off the ends. Take another, have it sawn in two, sanded again, and then hinged. The hinged angle is a remarkably solid base for the top. Fold the table up. Stored it takes about three inches in thickness.
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Wonderful instructions ~and a beautiful aesthetic in the design of Georgia’s work table. Something that can fold up small to 3 inches thick – how did I miss this one? I wonder what thickness of plywood she used. And if the top is attached or just laid on the bottom. Fascinating!
O’Keeffe was so pragmatic! I believe the top is simply laid on the bottom…