Inspired by Mack Headly at the Hay shop in Colonial Williamsburg and all the wonderful furniture still with us today that was built in the 18th century. If their work has lasted for 300 years and still looks as beautiful today as it did then, and in some cases even more so, I was convinced these guys knew something that I needed to know about building furniture.
Over the years I've learned a great deal about their approach to furniture making. I am now applying those time honored techniques of joinery and finishing. I've even come to know something about their philosophical approach to creating furniture. Now I'm taking those skills and bringing in the evolution in design aesthetics that have developed in the last 300 years.
My intent is to take some of the organic feel of the art nouveau movement and combine it with some of the straight forward practicality of the Arts and Crafts movement, mix in a little enfluence of the Eastern design aesthetics and some of that personal identity that any artist needs to make his work personally expressive and come up with a style that unique and refreshing. A synthesis of Old and New, of East and West; furniture that is equal parts sculptural and practical.
Over the years I've learned a great deal about their approach to furniture making. I am now applying those time honored techniques of joinery and finishing. I've even come to know something about their philosophical approach to creating furniture. Now I'm taking those skills and bringing in the evolution in design aesthetics that have developed in the last 300 years.
My intent is to take some of the organic feel of the art nouveau movement and combine it with some of the straight forward practicality of the Arts and Crafts movement, mix in a little enfluence of the Eastern design aesthetics and some of that personal identity that any artist needs to make his work personally expressive and come up with a style that unique and refreshing. A synthesis of Old and New, of East and West; furniture that is equal parts sculptural and practical.
