The pieces in this exhibition, works on paper and wood furniture, share a common process: create a gesture, then repeat it over and over again, but in such a way as to incorporate variation, change and randomness. This may be common in drawing or painting but less so in furniture making, which is typically designed in advance, with production focused on parts and assembly.
These are the results of our fascination with process as design. As in the accompanying drawings and prints, where shapes and forms are repeated and overlaid across the surface of paper, each table is made with thin wood elements that are steam bent and repeated to create two dimensional surfaces. Each step along the way may seem standardized and mechanistic, but the resulting surfaces show a multitude of variations with a surprising organic quality. The tables are made without design drawings, and design decisions are made at the moment of production without typical jigs or forms.
Despite differences in materiality, all the pieces here are defined by improvisation.
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