Craft Show Artists 2009

Ronald J. DeKok — Belleville, WI   |   rondekok.com

My work is a laminating process and involves taking small pieces of different woods and veneers and gluing them together. From this technique, I have created different textures and designs which I incorporate within the furniture forms I make. My work is unique because the surface, texture and designs are not painted on. They are laminated into the work or inlayed into the surface.

John Dodd — Canandaigua, NY   |   johndoddstudio.com

The foyer greetings series serve as backdrops to collectable or precious objects as they define space and create a welcoming, distinctive greeting to residents and visitors to residential and commercial interiors.

Don & Jenifer Green — Delhi, NY   |   greentreehome.com

Dedicated to the creation of well crafted timeless studio furniture and accessories, we incorporate traditional joinery and construction to build each piece, by hand, in our studio. Know for our heirloom pieces, we work with select domestic and exotic hardwoods and veneers to produce new and innovative work. Our designs represent a marriage of fresh design and traditional construction. In tables, sideboards, seating and home accessories, we create classics and are constantly producing new and innovative work.

Derek Hennigar — Columbus, NC   |   ordinaryfurniture.com

I create functional furniture of various native hardwoods, combining traditional joinery, carving, and finishing techniques with a contemporary, sculptural design perspective.

Richard Judd — Paoli, WI   |   zazengallery.com

My furniture designs represent a continuous exploration in wood working techniques. My current work incorporates bending wood. Glue is applied to thin sheets, which are placed against a solid form and vacuum pressed. The birch ply core is a sustainable yield product. I carefully select the most highly figured veneers for the faces. It is estimated that this technique uses one tenth of the natural resources compared to solid wood.

Michael Lamar — Warren, RI   |   altamiralighting.com

Handcrafted table lamps that combine natural and man-made materials: glazed ceramic bases; resin stems; brass and silver accents; hand painted shades and silk shades.

Kipley A. Meyer — Madison, GA   |   kipleyameyer.com

The focus of my work is to create interplay and harmony between the disparate elements in art and nature that inspire me: abstract forms, primitive art, and the philosophy of minimalism

Bradford Smith — Worcester, PA   |   bradfordwoodworking.com

Furniture is often categorized into easily recognized styles such as Shaker, Country or Arts and Crafts. Over the past 25 years, I have worked to develop a design language that is truly my own. In doing so I have been able to create furniture that cannot be pigeonholed into an existing style. Despite this, my work has a familiarity. I achieve this through the use of recycled materials, good proportions, and old-fashioned usefulness. I find a warmth and history in each salvaged piece of lumber that I use. The marriage of old and new that can be found in my work plays an important role in expressing the richness of things made today and things made decades ago. I want my furniture to not only tell a story, but also be the beginning of a new story.

Bonnie Bishoff & J.M. Syron
Rockport, MA   |   syronbishoff.com

Furniture and furnishings using treatments of polymer clay veneers, hand-carved surfaces and upholstery. Polymer clay veneers use millefiori techniques and a marquetry-like technique.

Damian Velasquez — Albuquerque, NM   |   damianvelasquez.com

My work is an expression of my desire to offer beauty in objects we use everyday, like furniture. Working with my hands is as natural for me as breathing. At age eleven, I began learning from my father to make silver jewelry. In high school and college, I moved into working with wood and acrylic. My current offerings are inspired by my interest in mid-century design and my passion for working with my hands. My furniture constructed from steel incorporating richly hued woods, making each piece unique and personal to the person who will use it. My techniques are my own. I am self taught in the processes I use to produce my designs: metalworking, powder coating, woodworking, staining, spray finishing and assembling objects that are at once beautiful, functional and fun.

Nico Yektai — Sag Harbor, NY   |   nicoyektai.com

As a sculptor who works within the human figure to express oneself, I work within the form of furniture to express myself. Exquisite craftsmanship and classic woodworking techniques are the foundation of my style that centers around movement, asymmetry and evidence of the struggle to create something original. Wooden surfaces are finished with either lacquer of hand rubbed oil finishes to contribute to the function and sensual quality of the piece. Some of my recent pieces have incorporated the addition of concrete elements to enhance the functionality of outdoor benches. The resulting furniture is unique with each piece taking pride in being different from the one that came before while adding to the story of the entire body of work. Individual pieces that are very comfortable being separated out and placed in galleries, homes or museums.