pile-o-scrap to coffee table in 24 hours

the coffee table materials pre-assemblyin progress/design phase

post sanding and ready for assembly and finishing

the finished product features a custom mixed organic pigment top coated with all natural shellac

Brooke and i have been getting settled in our new apartment, which means making new furniture and stuff for our apartment. So i made this pile of old wood i found on the side of the road into our coffee table. The work has been good to get me back in the routine of working in the studio. That routine will be disrupted next week when I fly out for a campus visit for a job i am interviewing for. I am really excited about the opportunity to do the interview since it will force me to create a new powerpoint presentation of my work that will incorporate new work and ideas i did not have in my powerpoint the last time i gave a talk a couple of months ago. I also have to generate a detailed proposal for an installation I am trying to do for early 2009. On top of all this I have the usual deadlines and what not that I had happily postponed for the wedding.

While i was shaking the sawdust off of this giant rust print i have been working on forever i realized i really liked the motion and sound of the paper. the imagery on the print is a series of bifurcating coffee cups growing out of a series of lines, but I am still not satisfied with the image and I anticipate hanging it long way so it goes from floor to ceiling in a gallery space, hopefully in an upcoming show, or maybe i will just get impatient and host my own opening here in the studio.