Gallery

March 4, 2009

Wornick Scholarship Award

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

The Wood/Furniture program at the California College of the Arts recently awarded its Ronald and Anita Wornick Scholarships. Now in their ninth year, the scholarships were established by the Wornicks to encourage excellence in furniture design and craft at the college level. The winner of this year’s competition is Willem Evett-Miller. About his work, he says: “The majority of my furniture and sculpture work is on a constant trajectory towards an understanding, interaction and dialogue with architecture. I see furniture as a device for exploring different and abstract relationships between object, body, and space; my interest and fascination with furniture stems from the possibilities inherent in these relationships.”

PHOTOS BY OR COURTESY OF WILLEM EVETT-MILLER

1.
“Chair” (2006)
Walnut, leather
34″ × 22″ × 24″

2.
“Red Sheep” (2008)
Reclaimed chair frame, sustainable fabric, milkpaint, aluminum
30″ × 22″ × 25″

3, 4.
“Knife Cabinet” [and detail] (2007)
Cherry, paduak, cold-rolled steel
12″ × 48″ × 4″

Artistry in Wood 2008

SANTA ROSA, CALIFORNIA

Artistry in Wood is the annual juried show of the Sonoma County Woodworkers Association, a group of professional and amateur woodworkers in northern California. Founded in in 1978, the organanization celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a summer exhibition at the Sonoma County Museum in Santa Rosa. The judges for this year’s event were Sandor Nagyszalanczy, woodworker, author and teacher from Santa Cruz; Julian Shaw, woodturner and instructor from Sebastopol; and Ejler Hjorth-Westh, furnituremaker and instructor at the College of the Redwoods. Here are some of the award winners from this year’s show.

ALL PHOTS BY LARRY STROUD

1.
RALPH CARLSON
“Koa a la Mode”
Koa, maple
H:10″ × D: 10″

2.
JOHN MOLDOVAN
“Sarba Rocker”
Purpleheart, wenge
45″ × 42″ × 25″

3.
GREG ZALL
“Guitar”
Brazilian rosewood, German spruce, ebony, mahogany, mother-of-pearl
6″ × 16″ × 36″

4.
RUSSELL F. GALE, JR.
“Wall Clock”
Grenadillo, hemlock, snakewood
30″ × 8″ × 5″

5.
ANDREW WALLACE
“Scotch Cabinet”
Kwila, yaka, Mendocino cypress, Port Orford cedar, snakewood
26″ × 12″ × 8″

6.
ROBERT NELSON
“Off-Center Vase”
Walnut
H: 12″ × D: 7″

7.
THOMAS STOCKTON
“Hall Table”
Sapele, ebony, tagua nut, mother-of-pearl
52″ × 35″ × 14½″

8.
ALAN BRICKMAN
“Ebony Maple Vase”
Ebony, maple, black-dyed veneer
H: 6″ × D: 4½″

Iowa State University

AMES, IOWA

These pieces were made by BFA and MFA students enrolled in furniture design courses taught by Associate Professor Chris Martin at Iowa State University. Furniture design courses are part of the Integrated Studio Arts Program (ISA) which is in the College of Design’s Department of Art and Design. Furniture design is one of several media areas in which ISA students gain experience during their program of study.