Photo of an outdoor lamp prototype

finished last weekend with Lorna Secrest

for one of her favorite landscape clients in Pittsburgh

The final lamp is to be made from:

Ipe , Copper shade, cap and bracket

with a cast concrete pillar

SOFA Santa Fe 2010 .... great city ... great time in New Mexico !

Drove three days to Santa Fe and showed a new piece with my bench and table

with the William Zimmer Gallery

Titled : "Beacon Southwest"

The piece is 99" high with a light tower.

A narrow six foot high mirror is directly below the light shade.

The solid curved Sapele door swings open to reveal nine trays to display objects.

Material: Smoked White Oak veneer on outside of door, solid Sapele tower and concrete base.

The exterior Sapele tower is dyed Black and the Sapele interior has been left its natural color.

REED PLANTERS

Initially designed as accent pieces for my furniture display.

But soon after completing everyone was drawn to them.

colleges, delivery people and shop visitor's all wanted one.

They are a nice addition to the foyer furniture line.

"FOYER GREETINGS"

They are made of solid wood 5 1/2 sq. and rest on cast concrete bases which I do here.

I hand carve the center detail on the top, it takes time but this is the detail that

adds so much to them.

The set of three are $1,200.

30" 35" and 40" high

BLUE BIRD

quartered wenge post and concrete base

support five enameled copper shades 

which are illuminated by ten led lights

FOYER GREETINGS TABLE

A new addition to the "Foyer Greetings" series.

Furniture for the foyer..

This table was designed to compliment the

The bench titled: "Vertical Rest" ... a time for the body to take a rest from being vertical.

At the time I was creating numerous narrow vertical wall and free standing pieces,

so the title also referred to me taking a rest from creating vertical pieces.

quartered wenge with cast concrete

60" long 12" deep 33" high

  Palmbeach3

Contemporary Art Fair   2009

West Palm Beach   Fl.

 

represented by the

WILLIAM ZIMMMER GALLERY

"VERTICAL REST"  bench

Wenge  and concrete

"FOYER TABLE"

Wenge and concrete

"BLUE BIRD"

Ten LED lights illuminate the enameled copper shades

on top of  Wenge post  with a concrete base.

Ceramic and fiber pieces by Bennett Bean and Elizabeth Rand