http://www.woodreview.com.au 63EXHIBITIONSmakes and teaches under the name
Piece Furniture. ‘With my designs I
used to work around the repetition of
same sized sections in a piece.’ Taking
that a step further, John experimented
with triangular forms in both the top
and the base of his Equilateral Coffee
Table. New Guinea rosewood is a
favourite species that John hasn’t used
often in recent years, but making the
table became an opportunity to play
with the different tones which this
species can offer.
Mark Lenny’s
zoomorphic Lama Side
Table reflects his growing
interest in sculptural
work, moving away from more
angular, ‘straight edge’ forms. The
three-way joint is one he has developed
over the years and was prompted by a
teaching exercise at Sturt.
With its drop-down top, Stuart
Pinker ton’s Hinged Extension Table
offers an alternative to leaves that
need to be stored elsewhere and
mechanisms that can jam. The all-
wood hinge is effected by a dowel
which runs through the joins, while
the support is a simple edge-up length
of wood.
Relocating his young family to
Mittagong in 2004 to study at Sturt
fulfilled Stuart’s dream for the next
phase career of a professional rugby
player. He gained confidence as a
designer, and even now harks back
to the influence of Tom Harrington
who set students on an ‘unending
search for quality’ and encouraged
them to ‘never be satisfied with less
t h a n p e r fe c t ’.
The grain of some beautifully figured
solid Tasmanian blackwood wraps
around all four sides of Warwick
Wright ’s Tower of Drawers. ‘There’s a
geometric equation that determines
the depth of the drawers as they
progressively go down’, said Warwick
who also noted that the design was
heavily influenced by the work of
UK designer/makers Wales and
Wales. Way back Warwick was an
- Jeff Freeman with his
Coffee Bean coffee table
in reclaimed blackbutt,
toughened glass and
stainless steel. - Mark Lenny’s Lama
Side Table was made
from a branch of river
sheoak that had fallen
near a creek on the
maker’s property. - Chris Wilford’s Jewellery
Box in blackwood and
walnut featured hand
dyed silk lining and an
embroidered insert
made by Judy Wilford. - Part of a series,
Ascension 5 was
sculpted from rock
maple by Nick Statham. - Paul Nicholson’s Elswick
Sideboard featured
subtle contrasts of
American white and
red oak.
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