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Jack Larimore and Stephen Hogbin Seeds of Curiosity: Staples of Transformation 2002 Wood, glass, steel, and cereal seeds 56 x 26 x 26 in. $15,000 Seeds of Curiosity is a pod-shaped cabinet intended to hold and display eight types of cereal grain. The pod opens in four individual sections and is supported by steel legs fashioned to look like organic stems. The interior of the pod consists of eight shelves made from a single turning, with each shelf holding one of the types of grain. Glass panels are also located in the interior to both stabilize, organize, and label the contents. Cereal grains were chosen for display because basically all life evolves from seeds. However the process of evolution does not begin until exterior forces, such as air, warmth or water come into contact with the seed. The same can be said about the cabinet, whose evolution process does not begin until the user opens and explores its forms. In many ways, seeds and cabinets are very similar. According to the artists, "Our idea is based on the premise that the cabinet is not a static box for holding things. Rather, the cabinet and contents are one and the same thing. The inside and the outside become relational, juxtaposed, complementary and organically integrated". View the Proposal Gordon Peteran Chest in a Bowl 2002 Willow 20 x 22 x 22 in. $3,000 In Gordon Peteran's piece, Chest in a Bowl, the viewer is presented with a realistic as well as tongue-in-cheek depiction of what happens when the worlds of wood turning and furniture making meet. The cabinet consists of a mid-19th century chest set snuggly within a seemingly solid bowl. All of the chest's visible drawers are dovetailed and detailed with knobs but, because of the way the chest is positioned, only its two top drawers are free to open. Is the chest emerging from the bowl, or is the bowl engulfing the chest? Is the relationship between the two additive/subtractive, friendly/adversarial? Are they partners or rivals? The fact that the entire piece is made out of one type of wood causes the viewer to consider their relationship, as well as the one that exists between a wood turner and a furniture maker, more closely. View the Proposal Christopher Weiland and Kelly DeLor Top Secrets 2002 Medium density flakeboard, maple, brass, acrylic paint, wax crayon, and colored pencil 50 x 8 1/2 x 4 in. $4,200 Playful in every sense of the word, Top Secrets is a collaboration between furniture maker/designer and turner Christopher Weiland and six-year-old Kelly DeLor. Over the course of his career Weiland has increasingly incorporated "spin top" forms into his work. To Weiland these circular forms represent a "positive, energetic, and balanced form of play in me," and provide his pieces with a central figure of personal meaning and reference. DeLor, the daughter of close family friends, became enchanted with the forms at a very early age and loves to draw and color on them. Thus was born the collaboration that produced Top Secrets. The intention of the cabinet is to display Weiland's "spin tops" with DeLor's colorful drawings on them. The cabinet, meant to be mounted vertically on a wall, is fronted with two doors of equal width and height. At equal intervals in the area where the doors meet are nine rods that seem to be knobs for opening the cabinet. However, upon closer examination it is evident that the rods are protruding from something inside the cabinet and, upon opening it, they are revealed to be the spindles of the "spin tops." These knobs entice the viewer to open the cabinet and turn curiosity into discovery. The cabinet itself is made of very simple materials, further enhancing the desired childlike appearance of the piece. With its simple and charming composition, Top Secrets is meant to appeal to the child's curiosity in us all. View the Proposal Kurt Nielsen and Dan Essig Seven Wonders 2002 Cabinet: mahogany, rubber wood, pommelle sapele, 23 karat gold, clay, silk, mica, brass nails, carved, burnt, hammered, acrylic, milk paint, oil stains, aniline dyes, lacquer, varnish, luna moth, cicada shell, leaf skeleton, mulberry, horse shoe crab, sea shells, and Roman bronze arrowheads Books: Mahogany, mica, brass nails, hand-made cotton paper, linen thread, flax, velvet, leather, brass, milk paint, wax, luna moth pupa, seventeen-year cicada, fossilized ferns, mulberry, Kozo paper, bone, trilobite, ammonites, and stone arrowheads 32 x 20 x 20 In. Collection of William and Karen Allin Seven Wonders, a collaborative effort between bookmaker Dan Essig and furniture maker Kurt Nielsen, is an ambitious cabinet whose central theme is the process of evolution that occurs in our ever-turning world and the precious life forms it contains. This circular cabinet houses seven of Essig's books, which are hand-sewn and made of all natural materials, including wood covers. Instead of text they display various specimens in the earliest stage of their life cycle. The cabinet has a revolving internal puzzle with seven secret chambers, each of which contains one of Essig's books. The door to each of the chambers displays the adult stage of the same life form held in its interior. A window on the exterior of the cabinet proper enables the viewer to peer in and see the chamber doors, one at a time. To access the chambers, the user rotates the puzzle by spinning a globe located on the top of the cabinet. Once the door and the window align, the chamber door can be opened by pushing the magnetic latch located in its upper right corner. By discovering the contents of the cabinet in this manner, the user may further contemplate and appreciate the process of evolution. View the Proposal Next Page Jump to Page: 1 2 3 4