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Modern-Industrial Coffee Or Lounge Table

$410

Modern-industrial describes a style that pairs natural materials, mainly steel and wood, with design flair, excellent craftsmanship and and a finely accented finish. Industrial chic, more like. The result is functional art. The textural quality of the materials retain their honest, often-raw look as part of the character they lend the piece. So it is with this table - its legs are steel beams which have been wire-brushed down to effect a smooth finish on natural oxidation ; they are accented by forged-steel spheres from a foundry in Baltimore; the table-top is a highly-finished slab of Maple which bears a beautifully arching burl at one end. The metal is finished with a linseed-oil extract that adds luster and fixes its naturally deep patina. Sure it's a table, but I view this piece as a sculpture in its own right. It would be confident in a Soho loft, a Westchester library, in a Greenwich village lounge . . . . . The burl-slabs on these tables are examples of the high-character pieces that I can obtain for your table. How I work with fine wood is to gather your preferences - for species, color-tone, graining - and then do a photoshoot of candidate slabs for you to select from I will deliver and install the table myself within a 50 mile radius of New York City for a super nominal cost. For shipping to elsewhere in the US I will locate the best price possible, including via uShip which is safer and less expensive than the big carriers

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DINSA MEHTA

DINSA MEHTA

PeppercornStudio

Bedford, NY
Member since: 2014
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I am a sculptor working in metal and glass. Sometimes singly, sometimes together. I find the simple expression of material to be visually pleasing, and often the stuff I have on hand will nudge my creative process. If the resulting piece awakens my visual sense with wonder, that counts as art for me.

I’ve arrived at sculpting after a heady and enjoyable journey through corporate life. I worked my whole career, twenty-seven years, at JPMorgan and all of that on its trading floors. So making art - and the solitude that accompanies it - are a striking counterpoint to the addictive buzz of life in the markets.

The short story reads like this: as an avid gardener I developed an interest to make large-scale metal art to add to the whimsy in my yard. My son, who was (and is) restoring a classic Alfa Romeo taught me how to weld; I followed this with a semester at the Silvermine School of Art. Many moons, more tools, much practise, the steady acquisition of technique (mostly from other artists and artisans) and I had learned much of what goes into my art now.

I like to use recycled steel whenever possible and I scavenge actively to collect old metal - there’s little more satisfying than cutting up and creating art from, say, an old corn planter.
Patina, texture and light fascinate me and play engaging roles in my sculptures.

My wife (an art photographer among her other talents) and I collect the works of (mainly) American craftspeople - glass makers, ceramicists, wood-workers, textile artists, sculptors - and seek out contemporary art, often at Sculpture parks. So making art is its own reward. Sharing it is even better.

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