In the Heat of the Night...

I’ve had this fascination with wood light fixtures ever since Justin and I made a cedar lamp for my dad for Christmas last year. All through school, green design was drilled into me. It is important that designers choose natural materials that are good for the environment and are easily recyclable. We are the innovators, and people will listen to us…well, they’re supposed to anyway!

2009 Cedar Lantern (my design)

My greatest dream is that I will one day be able to produce (and sell) furniture and accessory designs that are modern and stylish. I’ve looked into the art of woodworking, and it is something I would like to pursue at some point. I always tend to choose expensive hobbies, so it will have to wait for now. Maybe I’ll eventually take a class on woodworking that will provide the tools and wood that I need (for a fee). I guess I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it. Wood is very appealing to me. I think it would be an awesome selling point to use mainly wood to create all of my designs. Once I’m famous, my use of wood will be what puts me in the history books.

Some Inspiration

I think what draws me to wood is the natural beauty that it radiates. No two pieces are just alike! I have always liked Frank Lloyd Wright’s furniture designs, even when so many folks are very critical of his furniture. Come on people, he was designing modern furniture way before the people were ready for it. They couldn’t appreciate it and just complained about the discomfort of his pieces. Often, wood was the medium he would use for his own pieces. Of course, I would strive for total comfort with my designs, but my creativity could never go to the depths that his did.

1933 Taliesin III Table Lamp (FLW)

1937 Barrel Chair (FLW)

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings." -Frank Lloyd Wright (I think we have a similar sense of humor.)

If you build it, they will come…