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David Delthony
For over 25 years my life has been thoroughly intertwined with the "Sculptured Furniture" that I create and the realization of this endeavor has taken me from New York to West Berlin, Germany and most recently to southern Utah. The focus of my work has always been the dialog between functional and aesthetic values and I have tried to incorporate and balance these in each object. As a furniture artist I sculpt with the material wood, investigating interior space and defining exterior boundaries. Simultaneously, I utilize the inherent qualities of wood and my knowledge of ergonomics to create organic forms which engage the user through function and my personal visual language. The process of creating "Sculptured Furniture" - envisioning, laminating, chain sawing, sanding, finishing - involves demanding skills and complex techniques and contrasts to the fluid clarity of the finished piece. Working within the concept and syntax of fine furniture, I endeavor to infuse my work with an artistic sensuality, embracing visual and tactile senses and encouraging the human contact which defines my vision as an artist.
-David
Gordon Chandler
My work is mainly about bits and pieces and connecting the bits and pieces. Finding the right piece is everything. Sometimes this element is immediately at hand and sometimes it is very illusive. At times, certain elements are needed and not available and I must conjure them up from the local junkyard or the roadside Or from my own previously collected and sprawling palette. I like for the elements in my work to not be so recognizable yet obviously from some other utility and not without some history. The color of the paint is best when it is aged and faded and full of character. It’s not the pieces that are important but rather the pieces I choose not to use. The sculpture that are the most successful For me are the ones that look the most like they just fell together; which may not be exactly the case.
-Gordon
Ted Swiet
The chandeliers I create incorporate iconic cultural objects to emphasize the fragile sense of stability. They are reflection of current political, economic, and individual security. It is about the impact of change and the fragile relationship of it becoming oppression or opportunity.
-Ted
John Hardin
John Hardin lives a low-impact off-the-grid lifestyle in rural Humboldt Co. with his soul mate Amy Gustin. A self-taught artist and environmentalist committed to using discarded materials, John has, since the turn of the century, explored the tin can as a vessel for light. He continues to see new potential elegance and beauty in the lowly and ubiquitous tin can.
-John
John Suttman
Beautiful and unusual, classical to contemporary. John Suttman designs and builds metal furniture and decorative ironwork like nobody else. Updating architectural and design motifs from earlier periods, he translates classic objects, previously crafted in marble or wood, to steel. The finishes are luxurious, with rich patinas that evoke rare and precious artifacts, or sleek modern machinery.