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Katja de Vries

  • Cabinetmaker
  • Flensburg, Germany
  • Master Artisan
Katja de Vries Cabinetmaker
Contact
German, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+49 46114682974
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Delicate details

  • • Katja creates beloved pieces and heirlooms
  • • Her mastery of the saw results in detailed pieces
  • • She worked as a cabinetmaker in Seattle

As a child, Katja de Vries dreamed of becoming a workshop teacher. As a student at the Waldorf school, she was particularly impressed by the many opportunities to learn crafts there. "You can already learn quite advanced woodworking techniques in the upper classes at Waldorf School, like dovetailing". Katja decided to train as a cabinetmaker after finishing school and came up with the idea of working abroad for a while. So she went to Seattle and took a job as a cabinetmaker. She was surprised by how freely people learned manual trade skills when she was there. Her own desire to learn and experience more about design led her to train as a designer at the technical school for technology and design in Flensburg, back in Germany. But woodworking remained her primary passion.

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Works

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Photo: ©Michael Marczok
Jewellery Box

This rectangular jewellery box is made from a combination of walnut-and maple wood. The colour of the light maple wood contrasts with the dark brown walnut.The lid opens with small brass fittings. The insert can be taken out.

Length 22 cm
Width 11 cm
Height 8 cm

Photo: ©Michael Marczok
Ver-Steck-Spiel

These five square boxes fit into each other. Each box is fitted with a gold leaf coated handle by which the boxes can be taken apart. The dark brown walnut wood, broken down by woodworms, gives the pieces a unique texture.

Length 15.1 cm
Width 15.5 cm
Height 15.5 cm

Photo: ©Michael Marczok
Cat whisker box

These are small boxes made of ebony wood with overlying lids. The almost black wood forms a nice contrast to the lid decoration which consists of a layer of gold leaf and beautifully curved white cat whiskers. The bottom is set off a bit so that the box appears to float.

Length 10 cm
Width 4 cm
Height 4 cm

Photo: ©Michael Marczok
Art Petits Fours

These delicately crafted square boxes are made of nearly white maple wood and dark brown walnut wood. The lids of the walnut boxes are decorated with fine lines covered with gold leaf. The maple boxes are covered with a square of gold leaf with a mother-of-pearl flower in its middle.

Length 4 cm
Width 4 cm
Height 4 cm

Photo: ©Michael Marczok
Stehpult

This standing desk is made of reddish cherrywood. It impresses with its lightness. The thin hind legs are slightly curved and crossed with the front legs. The curved legs are glued in layers and the curve visually supports the inclination of the writing surface which can be folded up.

Length 60 cm
Width 50 cm
Height 108 cm

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