Archive for September 2015
Let’s talk Contemporary Furniture – Sept 22nd
When Ken Stone and I chaired the Furniture Society Conference here at MIT in 2010, we worked with Gail Fredell to create a book intended to be an overview of the contemporary furniture landscape in the US. On Tuesday September 22nd, I’ll be talking about the subject, the book, and the furniture that is being…
Read MoreGilded feet for the embroidered jewelry casket project
While I don’t do gilding on a daily basis, I do occasionally, and the Cabinet of Curiosities project asked for some gilded, carved feet to offer to these unbelievably talented embroiderers. So here they are. Since individually hand carving each one would have put them beyond the reach of most people, we carved the original…
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