tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-46136481989699016862009-06-29T10:28:54.567-07:00I design furniture that simply and elegantly performs its function. My furniture does not try to define the difference between art and craft... it exists quietly between the two. Fulfillment for me as a designer comes from creating functional objects that enhances the rituals of everyday life, hopefully for a lifetime.John Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391499700833977795noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613648198969901686.post-12917359623673706702009-05-16T11:02:00.000-07:002009-05-16T11:41:44.174-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8IZEGuCsI/AAAAAAAAACs/NtTZW6Cxngg/s1600-h/_SEAM-STAMPED--COLOR-BAL-AD.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8IZEGuCsI/AAAAAAAAACs/NtTZW6Cxngg/s320/_SEAM-STAMPED--COLOR-BAL-AD.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336493310149003970" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8IRo1AI2I/AAAAAAAAACk/hoRhkpboFd0/s1600-h/CRW_1027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8IRo1AI2I/AAAAAAAAACk/hoRhkpboFd0/s320/CRW_1027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336493182567850850" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">REED PLANTERS</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Initially  designed as accent pieces for my furniture  display.</div><div style="text-align: center;">But soon after completing everyone was drawn to them,</div><div style="text-align: center;">colleges, delivery people and shop visitor's all wanted one.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are made of solid wood 5 1/2 sq. and rest on cast concrete bases which I do here.</div><div style="text-align: center;">I hand carve the center detail on the top, it takes  time but this is the detail that</div><div style="text-align: center;">adds so much to them.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The set of three are $1,200.</div><div style="text-align: center;">30"  35" and 40" high</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613648198969901686-1291735962367370670?l=johndoddstudio.blogspot.com'/></div>John Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391499700833977795noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613648198969901686.post-80502860985833231942009-05-15T10:08:00.000-07:002009-05-16T12:06:03.737-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8Ofd-2T_I/AAAAAAAAAC8/dPW2ToUwXqc/s1600-h/CRW_1653.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 187px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8Ofd-2T_I/AAAAAAAAAC8/dPW2ToUwXqc/s320/CRW_1653.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336500017244295154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8L_EMz6TI/AAAAAAAAAC0/q0O5DH5KT54/s1600-h/BB-P_DETIALCRW_1672.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 155px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg8L_EMz6TI/AAAAAAAAAC0/q0O5DH5KT54/s320/BB-P_DETIALCRW_1672.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336497261544466738" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">BLUE BIRD</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">quartered wenge post and concrete base</div><div style="text-align: center;">support five enameled copper shades </div><div style="text-align: center;">which are illuminated by ten led lights</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613648198969901686-8050286098583323194?l=johndoddstudio.blogspot.com'/></div>John Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391499700833977795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613648198969901686.post-85143164490411879332009-05-15T09:48:00.001-07:002009-05-15T10:07:28.209-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg2eR62QWUI/AAAAAAAAABc/lgxXgTULkJg/s1600-h/FOYER-TABLE-FCS.jpg"><br /><img style="text-align: center;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sg2eR62QWUI/AAAAAAAAABc/lgxXgTULkJg/s320/FOYER-TABLE-FCS.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336095164195690818" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">FOYER GREETINGS TABLE</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">quartered wenge with cast concrete</div><div style="text-align: center;">60" long  12" deep  33" high</div><div style="text-align: right;">                                                          <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>                                                  </div><div style="text-align: center;">                                                       </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613648198969901686-8514316449041187933?l=johndoddstudio.blogspot.com'/></div>John Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391499700833977795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4613648198969901686.post-84294306743886670812009-04-28T14:49:00.001-07:002009-04-29T06:39:51.913-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sfd55jHoqsI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3-D3GILuoSU/s1600-h/Palm3++..+2009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_a7bKhbzOw60/Sfd55jHoqsI/AAAAAAAAAA0/3-D3GILuoSU/s320/Palm3++..+2009.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329862713603041986" /></a><div style="text-align: center;">  Palmbeach3</div><div style="text-align: center;">Contemporary Art Fair   2009</div><div style="text-align: center;">West Palm Beach   Fl.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: center;">represented by the</div><div style="text-align: center;">WILLIAM ZIMMMER GALLERY</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"VERTICAL REST"  bench</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wenge  and concrete</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"FOYER TABLE"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wenge and concrete</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">"BLUE BIRD"</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ten LED lights illuminate the enameled copper shades</div><div style="text-align: center;">on top of  Wenge post  with a concrete base.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Ceramic and fiber pieces by Bennett Bean and Elizabeth Rand</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4613648198969901686-8429430674388667081?l=johndoddstudio.blogspot.com'/></div>John Doddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16391499700833977795noreply@blogger.com0