Studio Furniture
   March - April, 2006
 

Sculpted Chair
in Walnut and Ebony
by Evert Sodergren

This chair is part of the permanent collection at the Smithsonian.

There is a point when the design and construction of a piece so far exceeds its function that it becomes a work of art. Studio furniture is a demonstration of the marriage between aesthetic and technique, the embodiment of concept embraced by the maker's skill.

The craftsman that creates a piece of studio furniture is seldom a novice, having devoted their lives to gaining the technical skill that enables them to bring a design or concept to life.

Furniture from this elite classification has been gaining popularity since the forties and is now recognized by the Smithsonian as one of America's cultural treasures.

The Northwest was early to embrace this art form and can claim host to much of the early influences. Even today you don't have to go far to find homage being paid to masters of modern studio furniture, George Nakashima (1905-1990) and Sam Maloof (b.1916).

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