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The year was 1941. Newlyweds Charles and Ray Eames left the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Michigan, and moved to Southern California, where they launched a furniture design studio. They began to experiment with molded plywood, using heat and pressure to create curved plywood elements on a homemade contraption they dubbed the Kazam! Machine. #woodcraft #woodcraftmagazine #wcmag #freearticle #diy #craft #woodworking #tips #tricks #howto #diycrafts #helpingyoumakewoodwork Eames Furniture, Famous Furniture, Curved Plywood, Bent Plywood, Plywood Chair, Cabin Cruiser, Furniture Details Design, Plywood Furniture, Charles And Ray Eames

The year was 1941. Newlyweds Charles and Ray Eames left the famed Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Michigan, and moved to Southern California, where they launched a furniture design studio. They began to experiment with molded plywood, using heat and pressure to create curved plywood elements on a homemade contraption they dubbed the Kazam! Machine. #woodcraft #woodcraftmagazine #wcmag #freearticle #diy #craft #woodworking #tips #tricks #howto #diycrafts #helpingyoumakewoodwork

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Charles and Ray Eames conducted numerous experiments in molded plywood techniques in the early 1940s, further refining the furniture designs Charles and Eero Saarinen designed for MoMA's "Organic Design in Home Furnishings" competition. Early chairs, and the splint shown in this gallery, were produced by the Molded Plywood Division of Evans Products Company, a Detroit firm. Charles Eames, who headed the subsidiary in Venice, California, pitched the partnership on the promise to find new…

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