Photo: Sean Davidson, Courtesy Shaina Tabak “I’ve heard a few furniture designers joke that you can make a lamp out of anything, since it’s the lightbulb that’s doing the job,” Shaina Tabak says. “Whatever’s around it could literally be everything.” Even by that standard, her latest lamp is interestingly weird. She’s spent the past few
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After years of working in the interior design industry, two things became clear to Diana Adams. The first was that, just like interior designers themselves, decor and furniture makers were artists, too. The second was that a lot of materials often go to waste when executing a project. “They don’t teach you in school that
The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) will present Chris Schanck: Off-World, featuring a series of tableaux that showcase the Detroit-based artist’s striking, otherworldly furniture forms. Also included are several recently completed works that explore the artist’s new directions toward the figural and the personal. On view February 12, 2022 to January 8, 2023, Schanck’s
MARSHFIELD – Christine Clarke has spent decades honing design and maker skills across numerous disciplines, from painting and sculpting to upholstery and lost-wax casting. Each of her varied skills can be seen throughout Thistledown Nest, her workshop and showroom on Webster Street, from finished products to those just now getting new love and care. A Kingston native, Clarke