Prairie-Style Urban Industrial Accent Or Art Table
Urban Industrial describes a style that couples fine design and polished finish with the honest beauty of natural wood and structural metal. This Accent table is made from vintage automotive steel topped by a three-inch thick burl of cherry. Its clean, somewhat minimalist form has tones of Craftsman or Prairie styling and is an artwork in its own right. Totally unique in the literal sense of the term. The steel has exceptionally interesting provenance - the legs are made from the leaf-springs of a 1980's pick-up truck, the base stands are from the footplates of an equally old twelve-wheeler. The patina of their beautiful, natural oxidation is fixed with a coat of linseed oil. The wood top is a thick cherry burl whose side-roots show striking sculptural composition; the surface presents waves of grain, knots and whorls. I have triple sanded the piece to achieve an organic smoothness that is beautiful to see and pleasing to touch. The wood is finished with a triple coat of polyurethane DIMENSIONS: Height 30" / Length 26" / Width 16" I have estimated shipping but will obtain a more accurate (and hopefully better) price on purchase
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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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