What can the marriage of art, design, and craft do for you?

Yep! It’s a visual feast when it all comes together.

As a multi-disciplined hands-on artist creating art furniture,
it’s about knowing your craft, honing in on your aesthetic,
then the piece has to speak for itself in all aspects.

Furniture’s “functional” aspect is first to be addressed through design as well as engineering.
Then, I work back and forth between art and design in the making of objects of purpose to find that balance.
Crafting the design and choosing the best materials that elevate the piece into art is the third component,
that gives birth to the idea.

This marriage can give you freedom of design, and a plethora of options when collaborating on a specific project.
Whether you commission an artist or purchase a piece that speaks to you in all these areas,
your heart will speak to you and the room where it is placed will be
redefined with a unique creative style.

xx
Andrea

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Be inspired to live creatively. Stay connected to art, design and craft.

Can you touch a person's heart thru artist-made furniture?

Artist-made furniture? Can it have that kind of impact?
Home is where we express our individuality.
We show our preferences in our collections, colors, what we hang on the walls,
and how we display our "stuff".

Studies show that we only need 39 milliseconds to form an opinion.
Many of us feel that we are living in a saturated world of replication
and we have already seen everything.
That’s is why one-of-a-kind, unique, and distinguished, are words that carry weight.
To be different from the rest and showing Individuality is what people strive for.

Choosing our furniture is a matter of style, comfort, design, and often what will fit.
Furniture, of course, is a key element in home decor,
but artist-made furniture touches a person's heart
through the story, the soul, the inspiration, and the hands that made it.
It is unique and we use it!
It’s functional art.

Aesthetically it will be unique, specific and of course, make a statement.
Personally, there will be a connection to the artist,
there will be joy and satisfaction,

and Yes!
it will definitely touch your heart.

xx
Andrea

Why it is important to be HUMAN and connect to ART (especially art furniture) 😉

At Forre Fine Art in Aspen, Colorado.. Big fun at my opening in 2019. sitting on one of my art benches “Royal Rhythm” with my friend Christy.

It all comes back to the fundamentals of being human.

We all need to grasp and find some sort of connection
to the handmade and to nature.

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As the months go on and on and…..
I am seriously missing the connection with my friends and family.
The meaning of home has taken on a much more significant role.

Our homes are where we reconnect, refresh, find peace, solace, heal, and celebrate.
Our surroundings and our design choices connect with our aesthetic, and our memories.

Things of meaning make us feel good.
Likewise, connecting to art and the artist has the human element we crave.
When we live with a particular piece of art with a story,
it then has a soul, more value, and heartfelt meaning.
Those accents make a house a home and full-on joy for the owner.

As an art furniture designer and maker,
adding that human element to my clients’ homes
thru specific design and function creates a special connection.
Understanding my clients’ needs, while creating a piece(s) that
blends with the decor but stands alone as art is my challenge and passion.

In designing, I jump back and forth between artist and maker
until the piece speaks for itself.
The collaboration aspect is something I welcome,
after all, a part of my soul will live in my clients' and collectors' homes and
that is my joy. 🥰
Double up my joy when that piece of functional art will be
used and touched and can elevate the decor.

The basis of joy in the human connection is more important than ever today!
Making choices that offer more connection is a great start.

xx
Andrea

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Sparks in the Studio 🔥⚡️

Before the welding and grinding sparks, there is the spark of my imagination.
An idea, loosely formed but working its way to the surface.
With a lot more solitude I have developed a more thoughtful approach to my gallery work.
I like to produce so slowing down is hard for me.
The commissioned pieces give me an energy along with a finite time for me to design
and complete, and that is comfortable in SO many ways.
The full freedom of expression and pulling it into a cohesive show gives me days of pure joy as well as the total opposite 🤪.

I have been circling this idea for sometime between other projects.
The tension between softness and structure.
Nature and organic movement juxtaposed with the structure of textural elements.
This body of work will cross over to different mediums.

I hope you will follow me through this process ...I am diving in!

xx
Andrea

PS. Commissioned work always available :)

Bridging Art and Function

Bridging Art and Function by transforming the identity of an object beyond its function.

"“She is like a trap set by nature, a sweet perfumed rose in whose petals cupid lurks in ambush” - Edmond Rostand’s Cyrano de Bergerac. Now at Forre Fine Art in Aspen, CO.
48” x 10” x 17” hand-illustrated steel with a brushed acrylic cradle.

Furniture as art, It’s another way to express our identity through our design and consumer choices.
Those special and unique choices enhance our surroundings and bring the most joy,
especially these days where we spend WAY more time at home.

Combining a concept with a design that must be beautiful and functional
is where my passions become energized.  
As a furniture designer I get to play in my imagination,
as a sculptor the form needs to be hands on
and…..
as a hands on maker I figure out the logistics and engineering.

The value of pieces created by hands is tenfold;
there is a connection between the maker and user,
there is a story and a soul immersed within the object and, an emotional connection.
In custom work, that is site specific and individualized,
there is a collaborative connection that fulfills a desire and in the end….
pride and joy.

til next time,
xx
Andrea