Photos by Loam

2022

White oak, vintage jewelry findings

19” X 19” X 34”

Dressing up, wearing a costume, or putting on a wig can transform your persona by giving you a sense of power and anonymity. The static Adornent Series aims to channel that power.

As a chairmaker, my work involves interaction with the human body. And yet, though I consider comfort in my furniture, I often design for the absence of the body. In this series, I flip that by making objects that adorn the user- treating the chair as fashion or jewelry and focusing on the spaces around the body. The Audrey is an ode to the fashion icon Audrey Hepburn, whose style impacted my perceptions of fashion as a child.