PETER HARRISON - The LAVASSA LIne - Handmade Modern Furniture

New Acrylic Divergence Table

Peter — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:55:44 +0000

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.

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.

Convergence Parallam Table- Taller

Peter — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:05:39 +0000

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

Saratoga Living Features My Furniture and Studio

Peter — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 21:13:54 +0000

My studio is 15 minutes outside of the great upstate NY town of Saratoga Springs. One of the local publications, Saratoga Living, did a nice piece on me and my studio in the Spring 2012 issue. Lawrence White came out to the studio and took a cool shot that shows me in the studio with a number of machines and my Divergence Table. Also hiding in the shot are a pair of Torus Pedestals.

Lawrence also wrote the text giving a nice glimpse of my life and building my modern furniture.

Redux Chair in Interior Design Magazine

Peter — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 22:29:30 +0000

My Redux Chair had an amazing spot in Interior Design Magazines Fall Market Tabloid. The chair sits on the upper left of page 40 and gets a nice little write up.

I have been thrilled at the response to these chairs. They continue to impress viewers with their alternative joinery and bold red color.

From the article “Harrison Riffs on Gerrit Rietveld’s modernist classic” So cool!

Barossa Wine Rack in the Hong Kong Financial Times

Peter — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:18:02 +0000

My Barossa WIne Rack was featured in the October 25, 2012 issue of the Hong Kong Financial Times. I am not sure what it says but love the placement. The article is a feature on interesting modern wine racks and storage.

Divergence Hall Table in Florida Design Magazine

Peter — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:48:44 +0000

My Divergence Hall Table had a very nice spot in Florida Design Magazine last year. The section was entitled “Wire and Wood” and featured my table as well as a number of other modern furniture pieces. I was thrilled that they chose my piece for the lead in this article and gave it a full page spread. They even picked it up for the table of contents page as well.

Redux Chair in Home and Design Magazine

Peter — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:51:41 +0000

My Redux chair was featured in the Summer 2012 issue of Home and Design magazine.

Where I work

Peter — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 03:01:39 +0000

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.

Mobius Table on InteriorDesign.net

Peter — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:07:00 +0000

I woke up this morning to a nice surprise, My Mobius table is A featured piece on Interiordesign.net. It was featured in their Spring Market Tabloid earlier this year. I’m not sure how long it will be up for, but I took a screen shot- posted below. Front and centrered- Perfect!

Interior Design Magazine, Best of the Year Awards

Peter — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:53:08 +0000

I am very excited to announce that my Redux chair is nominated for Interior Design Magazines, Best of the Year awards. Voting is open to design professionals, so if you are eligible to vote, please consider my chair!

The deadline to vote is October 9th. This is a short and sweet competition, so don’t delay to check it out and weigh in your favorite products of the year!

My chair is in the category Seating Residential/Accent