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New Acrylic Divergence Table

Thursday, May 16th, 2013

I am very excited to announce that I have partnered with Plexi-Craft, the premier manufacturer of Acrylic furniture in NYC. Together we have developed a crystal clear version of my Divergence table.

The Acrylic is amazing. It is 2″ thick and has virtually no tint. The table has a commanding presence that is far from invisible. The way the Acrylic interacts with my hardware and components is a revelation. I am thrilled to have this as a new material to add to my language of furniture design.

I am very excited to announce that I have partnered with Plexi-Craft, the premier manufacturer of Acrylic furniture in NYC. Together we have developed a crystal clear version of my Divergence table.

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Together we will be introducing the new Acrylic Divergence at their booth at the ICFF this weekend. You can stop by booth #2448 to get a glimpse of my new table in person.

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I love this image. It has the feeling of an x-ray of one of my pieces and reminds me of the imagery of Duchamp’s “the large glass”. So cool.
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Tags: acrylic, ICFF, Table
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Convergence Parallam Table- Taller

Friday, May 3rd, 2013

I had a commission to build a custom height version of my Convergence table. I have had a great response to my original post on building a Parallam Table, so I figured this would be another fun one to document.

Here is a picture of Convergence, my Parallam coffee table. Those legs are actually four pieces of Parallam glued together. This custom table is substantially taller and needs even more blocks to make each leg

Convergence

The first step is cutting down the massive timbers of Parallam to more manageable pieces. I recently bought a 16″ Makita circular saw to assist with this task and it is an amazing tool, albeit a scary one to run!

This creates a beautiful pile of pieces of parallam

They stack up to begin to reveal the beautiful endgrain. The stripes are from making two passes on a table saw in order to get through its 5″ thickness. These will be sanded out later.

Time for some glue

The stacks begin to grow.

Once constructed, they are sent through my wide belt sander. This evens out the roughness from the sawing process and makes the faces look like one board.

After sanding!

Here I use a little alternative thinking to support these massive legs while drilling holes with my gang drillpress.

The cables are completely random when they are first put into place.

Once stretched, they form a beautiful basket reminiscent of Einstein’s theory of gravity!

The completed table, ready for a glass top

Tags: Furniture, Parallam, Table
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Where I work

Thursday, December 6th, 2012

It was a beautiful morning the other day as the sun just began to clear the horizon and illuminate the trees behind my studio. My furniture studio is just west of Saratoga Springs, New York in the Adirondack foothills. It is certainly an inspirational setting and the light just seems to be special in the late fall and winter. This was a perfect morning.

Tags: Inspiration
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Zig Zag Redux Chairs

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

My line of furniture has a wide variety of pieces, but long absent has been a chair. Things have changed now in a big way. I would like to introduce to you the Redux chair.
I set out to build a modern day take on Rietveld’s classic Zig Zag chair. Using my aluminum joinery and exposed hardware, I joined the panels in a completely Harrison way. The joints are milled out of solid chunks of aluminum and the fasteners are stainless steel. To top it off, these chairs just had to be lacquered red!
We had a great photo shoot in which I asked my friend Sarah to come and participate. You can see the whole shoot here. This is definitely one of my favorite shoots of my work.

Redux

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Redux detail

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Tags: Chair, Furniture, Seating
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Sister Pieces

Monday, February 21st, 2011

I recently built a custom wine rack for a client and was so taken with the design I used it as the basis for a sister wine cabinet- the Infinity Wine Cabinet. I thought I would use this opportunity to write about the commission process and show what sister pieces look like.

The photo below shows the new wine rack and the very new wine cabinet. The wine rack holds 40 bottles of wine and the cabinet holds 28 bottles and has two shelves to hold a nice assortment of glasses.

Wine Cabinet adn wine rack

Here is the inside of the wine cabinet. I used aluminum slats in the back to pick-up the linear feel of the base. The doors latch with rare earth magnet catches.

The wine rack came about to fill a clients specific needs. He wanted something that held more wine than my Barossa WIne Rack. The concept was verbalized by him, his designer and me. I then drew up the following sketch to help visualize the piece.

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The sketch was approved and the piece was underway. It required another run of my versatile aluminum end fittings The end piece is true to the sketch.

Tags: Concrete, Furniture, Wine
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Archive for the ‘At the Studio’ Category « Older Entries New Acrylic Divergence Table Thursday, May 16th, 2013 I am very excited to announce that I have partnered with Plexi-Craft, the premier manufacturer of Acrylic furniture in NYC. Together we have developed a crystal clear version of my Divergence table. The Acrylic is amazing. It is 2″ thick and has virtually no tint. The table has a commanding presence that is far from invisible. The way the Acrylic interacts with my hardware and components is a revelation. I am thrilled to have this as a new material to add to my language of furniture design. I am very excited to announce that I have partnered with Plexi-Craft, the premier manufacturer of Acrylic furniture in NYC. Together we have developed a crystal clear version of my Divergence table. The Acrylic is amazing. It is 2″ thick and has virtually no tint. The table has a commanding presence that is far from invisible. The way the Acrylic interacts with my hardware and components is a revelation. I am thrilled to have this as a new material to add to my language of furniture design. Together we will be introducing the new Acrylic Divergence at their booth at the ICFF this weekend. You can stop by booth #2448 to get a glimpse of my new table in person. I love this image. It has the feeling of an x-ray of one of my pieces and reminds me of the imagery of Duchamp’s “the large glass”. So cool. Tags: acrylic, ICFF, Table Posted in At the Studio \| 1 Comment » Convergence Parallam Table- Taller Friday, May 3rd, 2013 I had a commission to build a custom height version of my Convergence table. I have had a great response to my original post on building a Parallam Table, so I figured this would be another fun one to document. Here is a picture of Convergence, my Parallam coffee table. Those legs are actually four pieces of Parallam glued together. This custom table is substantially taller and needs even more blocks to make each leg The first step is cutting down the massive timbers of Parallam to more manageable pieces. I recently bought a 16″ Makita circular saw to assist with this task and it is an amazing tool, albeit a scary one to run! This creates a beautiful pile of pieces of parallam They stack up to begin to reveal the beautiful endgrain. The stripes are from making two passes on a table saw in order to get through its 5″ thickness. These will be sanded out later. Time for some glue The stacks begin to grow. Once constructed, they are sent through my wide belt sander. This evens out the roughness from the sawing process and makes the faces look like one board. After sanding! Here I use a little alternative thinking to support these massive legs while drilling holes with my gang drillpress. The cables are completely random when they are first put into place. Once stretched, they form a beautiful basket reminiscent of Einstein’s theory of gravity! The completed table, ready for a glass top Tags: Furniture, Parallam, Table Posted in At the Studio \| 1 Comment » Where I work Thursday, December 6th, 2012 It was a beautiful morning the other day as the sun just began to clear the horizon and illuminate the trees behind my studio. My furniture studio is just west of Saratoga Springs, New York in the Adirondack foothills. It is certainly an inspirational setting and the light just seems to be special in the late fall and winter. This was a perfect morning. Tags: Inspiration Posted in At the Studio, Inspiration \| No Comments » Zig Zag Redux Chairs Thursday, May 17th, 2012 My line of furniture has a wide variety of pieces, but long absent has been a chair. Things have changed now in a big way. I would like to introduce to you the Redux chair. I set out to build a modern day take on Rietveld’s classic Zig Zag chair. Using my aluminum joinery and exposed hardware, I joined the panels in a completely Harrison way. The joints are milled out of solid chunks of aluminum and the fasteners are stainless steel. To top it off, these chairs just had to be lacquered red! We had a great photo shoot in which I asked my friend Sarah to come and participate. You can see the whole shoot here. This is definitely one of my favorite shoots of my work. Tags: Chair, Furniture, Seating Posted in At the Studio, Shows \| 2 Comments » Sister Pieces Monday, February 21st, 2011 I recently built a custom wine rack for a client and was so taken with the design I used it as the basis for a sister wine cabinet- the Infinity Wine Cabinet. I thought I would use this opportunity to write about the commission process and show what sister pieces look like. The photo below shows the new wine rack and the very new wine cabinet. The wine rack holds 40 bottles of wine and the cabinet holds 28 bottles and has two shelves to hold a nice assortment of glasses. Here is the inside of the wine cabinet. I used aluminum slats in the back to pick-up the linear feel of the base. The doors latch with rare earth magnet catches. The wine rack came about to fill a clients specific needs. He wanted something that held more wine than my Barossa WIne Rack. The concept was verbalized by him, his designer and me. I then drew up the following sketch to help visualize the piece. The sketch was approved and the piece was underway. It required another run of my versatile aluminum end fittings The end piece is true to the sketch. 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