Although I have
heard about the Symposium for years, and always intended to attend, this will
be my first time, and I am really excited about it. I always enjoy being with a
group of people who make things. The opportunities for sharing materials and
methods and for cross-pollination are fantastic, and I always come away
energized and full of design ideas for new pieces.
I just like to
make things. I work with lots of different materials in addition to wood and
often combine materials in the pieces I create. Here’s a piece with an outside
frame of wood (wenge) and drawer fronts made from Avonite, which is an acrylic
material usually used for counter tops.
Wenge
Sticks
I enjoy working
in metal, and have made jewelry in the past. I got on a bit of a jag with
replacing all the lights in our home with ones I have made. Here’s a sconce for
the bathroom vanity.
I made some of
the lights for outside the house. These are copper and leaded glass.
After promising
my very patient wife a new dining table for 25 years, I finally delivered one,
shown here with pendant lights above and shoji screens in the background.
It’s actually five tables, the small ones doing double duty
as buffet tables when not need for a big crowd.
I also make all
the pulls for my pieces, often in aluminum or brass. Here are the pulls for a
small piece before installation.
And here they
are installed.
Torii
Gate Reliquary
Here’s a piece
with glass doors and brass pulls.
Convex/Concave
The upper part
of this piece is concave and the glass doors are curved inward. The lower part
is convex, with doors curving outward.
So my plan is to
talk about the kinds of pieces I make and how I make
them, and my wish to get away from the square edges and flat planes of lumber
and back to the more organic forms of nature. In the end, though, it’s about
making stuff – and enjoying the
process of creativity, problem solving and tinkering in my studio.
Andy Glantz ----Zenith Design
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