Elise Winters on Jun 27 2009 | Filed under: Bishoff, veneer
JM Syron and Bonnie Bishoff, Meander Cabinet, 2008
ash, Japanese tamo wood, polymer veneer
32″h x 65″w x 24″d
This husband and wife team have been collaborating on furniture since the early 1990’s. Bonnie creates the polymer veneer and JM is the woodworker.
Syron/Bishoff write about this piece:
Elise Winters on Jun 19 2009 | Filed under: 1989, 1990's, City Zen Cane, Ford, Forlano, Hughes, Museum of Arts and Design, Toops, Voulkos, Winters
City Zen Cane (aka Ford/Forlano), Flat Necklace, detail, 1991
Ursula Newman, jewelry curator at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York, selected five pieces of jewelry from The Collection for the museum’s permanent collection. Two steps were necessary to formalize her decision, and the first occurred yesterday when the curatorial staff put their stamp [...]
Elise Winters on Jun 12 2009 | Filed under: 2009, Carren, Screen Printing
Rachel Carren, William Morris Sebo Brooch, 2009
This is one from a series of screen printed segmented brooches. Working with stamped and printed images, Rachel has taken surface ornamentation on polymer to new heights. Writing about this piece, Rachel says,