cocktail!

...Is the theme of this year's Annual Design Show at the Detroit Artist's Market that I will be a participating in.

2012’S DAM DESIGN SHOW will celebrate COCKTAIL!

Thirteen local designers will share their own process of creating cocktail tables, side tables and bars, starting with sketches to the finished saleable product. During the exclusive Opening Event, DAM will once again host a runway show, featuring women’s cocktail evening wear by Emily Thornhill of Homeslice Clothing.

The ticketed opening is Friday January 12th, and the exhibition runs through February 18th, more info here

here is a teaser of what I'm working on for the show, hope to see you there!

knight arts blog mention

Knight Arts stopped by Re:View Contemporary for the Re:Collect 2011 show an shared their thoughts here: "All about the details"

complex forms -> finished stools (part III)

These are the finished stools, "parabolic" and "parabolic rocker", maple wth paracord caning, and walnut and maple with paracord caning respectively. Each is currently on display and for sale at Re:View Contemporary's end of year Re:Collect show. There will be more pictures of these added to the work>sit section of the site as well.

complex forms (part II)

These are more process pictures of the pair of stools that I am making for the Re:collect show Re:View Contemporary. Our last installment showed the basic pieces cut out and some of the upper joinery cut. Following that was a lot of hand work to tune the joint's fittament, gluing, cutting and designing the joinery for the lower end of the pieces. Following that, assembly, shaping, beveling, sanding, drilling and finishing, oh my. Enjoy, next week I'll have some pictures of the pieces with the seats woven in.

fine tuning upper joints

test fit of all pieces

cutting out the final arches

final parts

joining the "feet"

routing the bevels

assembled and fully shaped, time for drilling the holes for the seat and sanding

drilling jig

sanded and finished with oil, time for the seat

complex forms

I am working on two new pieces for the 2011 Re:Collect show at Re:View Contemorary which opens December 3rd. I am working in all solid wood for these, and on some of the most complex joinery that I've attempted to date, definitely learning a lot through this process, which I hope to apply to other pieces, including ones larger in scale.

Below are a few photos of the pieces in progress, there is still quite a bit of work to do.