I have a few Dansk staved teak pieces (ice bucket, large salad bowl, etc) that have developed cracks along the staves. Can these be repaired....can wood glue be used? Wondering if anyone has had any luck repairing these items and if so, what techniques they used.
I also found a Dansk "rare woods" wenge ice bucket (see below) this weekend (payed $3.00). It has one small stave crack as well. wondering if the same technique used to fix the teak pieces could be used on the wenge.
teak repair..
according to my "handyman" (profesional art restorer) teak is particulary hard to glue , due to the oil he has contain.You have to use epoxy tape glue for the wood. Metod used is call "wedging" means by insertion thinny piece of wood,& slightly clamping..after glue is dry you have to shede (scrub) exess of the wood & use stain to match the colour& burnish whole piece with teak oil..by hand
I wouldn't fondle with it...
I wouldn't fondle with it like that... Do these cracks really bother you? For me they are a sign or marking of it's age and life. Without it, it would be just like new..(wich it is not, and luckily so)
I would love to see more of your collection, especially the teak pieces!
These are NOT from my... These are NOT from my collection but here are some more nice pieces from Dansk's Rare Woods production. Also, a write up about the series The 'Rare Woods' line marks the 'zenith' of Quistgaard's brilliant, Modernist design work for Dansk. Conceived of as a carriage-trade, limited-edition series of 'high-end' domestic accessories, the 'Rare Woods' line was one of the most important, expensive, and dramatic offerings ever conceived by Quistgaard for Dansk. This line, along with 'Tjorn', the important Dansk 'Tjorn' sterling silver flatware pattern introduced the same year, marks Dansk's entry into the 'luxury goods' market, at the height of the Post-War American optimism of the Kennedy years. Crafted from such exotic, tropical hardwoods as Cocobolo, Mutenye, Palissander, Pau Rosa and Wenge, the 'Rare Woods' line employed dramatic, large-scale, sculptural forms, with sweeping lines,swirling, decorative wood grain and intricate, handcrafted construction details that ensured limited production, due to its very high original cost, and the 'hand-made' nature of each piece. Because of it's original high cost, and use of hard-to-obtain tropical hardwoods, the 'Rare Woods' line was produced only very briefly, between 1962-64. As a result, surviving examples are extremely-scarce, and highly-prized by Quistgaard collectors, and all collectors of fine, Post-War 'Modernist' design.
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