This lamp is one of my favorites. It was fun to work on and came together really organically. Also, my daughter Violet helped create it, so extra LOVE. It is from scrap leather and /or rawhide. The metal is (mostly) reclaimed from hangers. The brass is new…
The rawhide is compostable and the leather is biodegradable, veg tanned from Herman Oaks leather discards.
It was inspired by a truly folk lamp I saw at a country store in Iowa. At the time, I was also looking at Joseph Hoffmans geometric work and felt a bit of that coming through in a very folksy way.
The name comes from my appreciation for folk culture and Joseph Campbell. It might reference where the world is. It might reference where I was…who knows :)
Looks hopeful to me.
I thought about different materials including pineapple leather or making corn paper myself (?!!!?!) Enjoy some process photos below…
These stoneware plates were inspired by 17th century prints. I got pretty fascinated with the minute lines and the world that lies inside.
Actually, I loved the look of old prints from the Pretender’s album Pirate Radio. I felt a nice pattern could be made from prints, and I think I was right.
These are about 8” wide. I am working on larger ones currently.
The transparency images are plates that are in process. Almost done!
Not sure where to start with these….They are on the form of the color wheel. Originally, I had made them in steel with removable shelves. They were very very cool and were designated by Interior Design Magazine as one of the top 50 picks of ICFF 2013.
I felt they were just too heavy and flawed. I redesigned them in Baltic birch and changed the attachment hardware.
They can be organized in endless combinations; most shown here utilize the attachment hardware. I get so seriously excited when I find a new combo I love!
Baltic birch
A- 13.25x12x13.5
B - 21x12x13.5
C - 21x12x26.75
D - 21x12x39.5
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This is a gorgeous table I made a few years ago. It was featured in one of the finale homes for NBC’s American Dream Builder’s with Nate Berkus.
I am not sure I would use Corian again. I am kind of over that….I plan to redesign this guy using…..??
Oiled Iowa walnut and Corian
48x24x16.5
I could not love this funky table more. It is based on a huge flower collage I made over the winter…sometimes cutting vintage flower photos with my mom while she healed from knee surgery….
I converted the collage to laminate and made this wild woman of a table. It has a sister table also with a laminate top…
Baltic birch and laminate.
32x32x15
Yeah, what is this thing, anyway??
As I was researching journal archives for the Flowers collage I came across the work of illustrator H. George Brandt, among others, from the early 1920’s. They were lovely flowery illustrations that I dissected and reassembled into a very linoleumy pattern…yay linoleum! Great side table…
Baltic birch and laminate.
25x16x18.5
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Suzanne Bradley Winning Ticket Design Iowa City Iowa University of Iowa UIOWA Furniture Art Design
Suzanne Bradley Winning Ticket Design Iowa City Iowa University of Iowa UIOWA Furniture Art Design
I love these. The idea is 1950’s vinyl booth cushions. They can be side tables or two for a high coffee table. These are made beautifully by David Naso and The Woodworkers in Iowa City.
Walnut and red vinyl or birch and grey vinyl.
18x18x19
This table was inspired by a beautiful old barn covered in snow, which has recently fallen over. When it was completed I felt it looked way more beachy…so whatever…such a beauty.
Ps, that’s Buster, my main man…
This table was, like Walking the Line, used in a finale home for NBC’s American Dream Builder’s with Nate Berkus.
MDF and reclaimed wall boards
48x24x16.5
This table varies, obviously, depending on the cut. I have made them in oak, walnut, and pine. When designing this, I wanted the structure of the legs to interact with the beautiful stretched rings and holes of the slabs. It forces me to think about the life of the tree…
The layout of the legs is always individual for the best stability.
Steel and various wood species.
H 18.5”
These are work that I have not made in a long time. I happened to have found the pictures randomly. Good memories of creating. This set of tables was created with a stoneware, terra cotta, or Corian top.
I have recently rebuilt some of the terra cotta version and maybe they will get their own page someday.
The two tables showed at the London Design Festival are wood and laminate. I didn’t go further because I did not want to use plastics anymore. I am still looking for a reasonable sustainable replacement. I designed one from watercolors I made based on Gaudi stained glass mixed with a folk rug hanging on Walter Gropius’s wall. The other is from my flower collage.
A shelf and backsplash I made was also laminate with a scribble I made based on concrete architectural blocks. Mixed with Gaudi :)
There should be much more in here!! Lost to time…