Danny Kamerath II

"I approach designing and making furniture in simple terms. I try to make things that are elegant and beautiful to look at, pleasing to touch and sturdy to use. I use woods that are appropriate for the piece. With the right strength and structural properties. The right color. Pleasing grain. I try to design with the knowledge that glue will someday fail so the joinery must be able to support the piece and the people who use it. And I work hard to make the scale and proportions of the piece feel right." Danny Kamerath

Kate Walker

Kate Walker makes amazing rocking chairs (top: Windsor, bottom: Ribbon). Katie Walker has a unique approach to the design of furniture, holding the belief that our quality of live will be enhanced by beauty in the everyday functional objects that we use.

"Timber is our primary natural renewable resource and the most ecologically sound solution is to design with longevity in mind." Kate Walker

Jose Zanine Caldas

Jose Zanine Caldas (1918-2001) was a self taught artist, designer and architect from Bahia. At twenty he moved to Rio and worked in an architectural scale model shop where he met and worked with modernist architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lucio Costa. He went on to work as a producer of furniture, an landscape designer and a modeling teacher. In the 1950's he returned to his hometown and was inspired by local craftsmen who carved canoes and rowboats from felled trees, Zanine then began experimenting, by chiseling furniture directly from huge logs.
A life-long proponent of forest protection, Zanine attempted to plant a new tree every time a tree was taken down for one of his projects, he was passionate about the power of solid wood as a material.

Kenneth Cobonpue II

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Sophia Lithell III

"I use a chair to hang my clothes on before going to bed. Eventually they build up and become a big pile, sometimes the pile is so big it tips the chair over. With the "Shaker" I want to unburden my chair and give the clothes it's own space." Sophia Lithell