Woodworker's Journal 2004-28-6, страница 11

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Furniture Gets Its Day in the Sun

Jacob Cress's mahogany chair, entitled "Oops!" tips a playful hat to woodworking's traditional ball and claw feet.

The "Upholstered Chair" by Dale Broholm incorporates materials like walnut buri veneer, ash, Italian popiar plywood, leather and milk paint.

American Studio Furniture

Museum-going woodworkers will want to catch an exhibit at the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Renwick Gallery before it concludes on January 17, 2005. "Right at Home: American Studio Furniture" contains 58 objects by 47 artists, including both functional and sculptural pieces.

Most of the items in the exhibit were created after 1990, but it also pays homage to the post World War II generation with pieces from Sam Maloof, George Nakashima, Wharton Esherick and Wendell Castle. Studio furniture, according to the Smithsonian, is "one-of-a-kind, custom-designed pieces for the home created in small-scale shops, not mass-produced."

Find more information by calling 202-633-1000 or visiting their web site wwwAmericanA rt. si. edu.

11 December 2004 Woodworker's Journal

Influenced by 16th century cabinets of curiosities, Kim Schmahmann's "Bureau of Bureaucracy" opens to drawers that are hidden, solid or bottomless.

Oaniel Jackson displays the black walnut and oak in his "Four-step Library Ladder," while Tom Loeser finishes with acryiic and milk paint on his mahogany "Four by Four" cabinet.