http://yaffemays.com yaffemays.com Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:06:10 +0000 http://yaffemays.com en http://yaffemays.com/HALF-OF-JUXTAPOSE http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/HALF-OF-JUXTAPOSE Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:06:10 +0000 yaffemays.com 4413703 <img src="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/SIDE.jpg" width="670" height="830" width_o="800" height_o="992" src_o="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/SIDE_o.jpg" data-mid="23384424" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/SIDE3.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/SIDE3_o.jpg" data-mid="23384762" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/BACK.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/BACK_o.jpg" data-mid="23384599" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/DETAIL1.jpg" width="670" height="670" width_o="800" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/DETAIL1_o.jpg" data-mid="23384713" caption="Images by David Welter." border="0" align="left"/> A project that has multiple 'readings' - a foray into designing for batch production, with this as the first prototype, made at 60% of full size; half of a pair of chairs called Juxtapose; a chair for a child, specifically, Thea! <img src="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/thea.jpg" width="670" height="781" width_o="800" height_o="933" src_o="http://payload105.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/4413703/thea_o.jpg" data-mid="23384876" border="0" align="left"/> This model is in madrone, a timber native to the West Coast. It is fine grained and an orange/pink color, here finished with shellac. The upholstery is 100% wool tweed from Maharam/Kvadrat. The full size chairs will be in elm. The chair is intended to both be and look comfortable and relaxed. The design refers to mid-century modern chairs, and Richard Neutra in particular. The arms add a twist, literally. Stay tuned for the 'real' (full-size) version, and for the other half of the pair. A project that has multiple 'readings' - a foray into designing for batch production, with this as the first prototype, made at 60% of full size; half of a pair... http://yaffemays.com/WHOLENESS http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/WHOLENESS Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:15:15 +0000 yaffemays.com 3701353 <img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/front.jpg" width="670" height="980" width_o="800" height_o="1171" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/front_o.jpg" data-mid="19219701" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/back.jpg" width="670" height="1053" width_o="800" height_o="1258" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/back_o.jpg" data-mid="19219705" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/3_4-no2web.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/3_4-no2web_o.jpg" data-mid="19219706" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/sideweb.jpg" width="670" height="919" width_o="800" height_o="1098" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/sideweb_o.jpg" data-mid="19219710" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/34-back.jpg" width="670" height="945" width_o="800" height_o="1129" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/34-back_o.jpg" data-mid="19219714" border="0" align="left"/> Madrone, shellac finish. 710mm w x 1290mm h x 910mm d. This chair is a further exploration of the wingchair form/chair as space that was begun in Personhood. The wingchair creates a space within a room - in fact that was its original function: to provide a draft-free, or at least, less drafty, space beside a fire. Most chairs occupy space, these chairs also create space. The other motivation for the piece is the technique of coopering. Coopering is the way wooden barrels are made: staves of wood are joined along their long edges to make curved surfaces. It is an old technique; most modern bending is achieved with laminates, that is, thin sheets or veneers of wood are glued together on their surfaces over a mould. The chair is made from madrone (Arbutus menziesii), a timber native to northern California and the north west coast in general. <img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail2.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail2_o.jpg" data-mid="19219736" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail3.jpg" width="670" height="640" width_o="800" height_o="765" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail3_o.jpg" data-mid="19219745" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail1.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/arm-detail1_o.jpg" data-mid="19219725" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/abstract.jpg" width="670" height="1005" width_o="800" height_o="1200" src_o="http://payload70.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/3701353/abstract_o.jpg" data-mid="19219749" border="0" align="left"/> Photos: David Welter Madrone, shellac finish. 710mm w x 1290mm h x 910mm d. This chair is a further exploration of the wingchair form/chair as space that was begun in Personhood. The... http://yaffemays.com/PERSONHOOD http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/PERSONHOOD Fri, 01 Jul 2011 01:17:02 +0000 yaffemays.com 1667424 This chair was made in response to the brief for an exhibition, the brief being the single word, dubh. Dubh is the Irish word for black or darkness. 'Personhood' is made from French and Irish walnut with a dark leather cushion. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0167bwweb.jpg" width="670" height="1043" width_o="800" height_o="1246" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0167bwweb_o.jpg" data-mid="8193445" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0173bwweb.jpg" width="670" height="448" width_o="800" height_o="536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0173bwweb_o.jpg" data-mid="8193263" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0138bwweb.jpg" width="670" height="999" width_o="800" height_o="1194" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0138bwweb_o.jpg" data-mid="8193260" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0156bwweb.jpg" width="670" height="1044" width_o="800" height_o="1247" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0156bwweb_o.jpg" data-mid="8193416" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0147bwweb.jpg" width="670" height="1000" width_o="800" height_o="1195" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/DSC_0147bwweb_o.jpg" data-mid="8193262" border="0" align="left"/> The starting point for the chair was a wish to make the chair relate directly to the human body, the person. All chairs necessarily do this by the fact of supporting the body, but the intention was to make this more explicit. The chair provides a place for the body, a space to rest and be with oneself. In form it derives from both cradles and coffins - both resting places for the body at times of transformation. The back of the chair is constructed somewhat in the manner of a boat - steambent rabbetted thin planks, fixed with brass pins. It was exhibited in 'DUBH - dialogues in black' at the American Irish Historical Society on Fifth Avenue in New York in October/November 2011 and at the Oliver Sears Gallery, Dublin in February/March 2012. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/dubh_nyc_098_7.jpg" width="498" height="738" width_o="498" height_o="738" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/1667424/dubh_nyc_098_7_o.jpg" data-mid="11043614" border="0" align="left"/> This chair was made in response to the brief for an exhibition, the brief being the single word, dubh. Dubh is the Irish word for black or darkness. 'Personhood'... http://yaffemays.com/writing http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/writing Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:57:48 +0000 yaffemays.com 626329 Laura's Masters thesis on Craft, meaning and value can be downloaded here. (4.4mb) Thesis completed September 2010 in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. Laura's Masters thesis on Craft, meaning and value can be downloaded here. (4.4mb) Thesis completed September 2010 in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin. http://yaffemays.com/currently-recently-and-soon http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/currently-recently-and-soon Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:55:32 +0000 yaffemays.com 739477 OK, we give in. We got a Facebook page. So now the idea is to get people to 'like' us, or even like us, isn't that it? so please do! ------ College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Show Laura's students present their work from their first semesters at the Town Hall in Fort Bragg in February. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/13wntrpstrweb.jpg" width="500" height="647" width_o="500" height_o="647" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/13wntrpstrweb_o.jpg" data-mid="25504814" border="0" align="left"/> ------ Laura will be teaching a class on designing chairs, next summer, June 10-14, in Fort Bragg. It's one of the summer classes at College of the Redwoods. ------ We have 'placed some product', aka have some pieces at, a new applied arts gallery in San Francisco - The New Black. It's in the Mission district, on the corner of 18th and Bryant. A great ex-industrial space - it used to be the place where the street signs for the city were painted. At the moment 'Wholeness', 'Personhood', the three cabinets, 'Skew', 'Scraps' and 'Zaftig', and five lamps are there. ------ Linda Rosengarten of Hock Tools interviewed Laura for their blog. It's in two parts - Part One and Part Two. We were impressed with the thought and care Linda put into preparing her questions, and then editing Laura's answers into coherence! ------ Laura gave a talk at The Furniture Society conference in Maine in June entitled The Fine Art of Keeping Going: continuing the educational model of James Krenov. The talk reviewed the challenges facing the College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking Program, and discussed the issues surrounding the legacy of James Krenov. ------ A Handful of Yaffe Mays! We were thrilled to be interviewed by the website Handful of Salt recently. The site concentrates on 'the craft of modern design': its fundamental premise is that craft and design are intrinsically linked, not in opposition to each other, a proposition we wholeheartedly endorse! Well worth subscribing to their newsletter. ------ Dubh moves to Dublin The Dubh/dialogues in black exhibition relocated from New York to the Oliver Sears Gallery in Dublin until March 15th, 2012. The exhibition was reviewed on the RTE Arts radio programme Arena. Dubh is reviewed at about the 24.30 minute mark. The reviewer Declan Long unfortunately called us Yiff May, but had nice things to say otherwise: ‘…a large chair by Yiff May [sic] who are wonderful furniture-makers have made a chair that isn’t necessarily black but has black associations… it’s a chair that also sort of a coffin…’ ------ Yaffe Mays feature as 'Today's Woodworker' in the Woodworker's Journal ezine! ------ Farrell and Flegg's Crafty Capers, a radio programme on RTE's Lyric FM, features Yaffe Mays as 'a duo who create and destroy furniture to give it meaning' (!). ------ Moving! Yaffe Mays relocated to northern California in August 2011, where Laura is teaching at College of the Redwoods Fine Woodworking programme. Laura and Rebecca know it well, having both been students there from 2001 to 2003. ------ Personhood was exhibited in Dubh - dialogues in black. The American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth Avenue, New York. October 6th - November 13th, 2010. ------ Yaffe Mays had work in two exhibitions in the 2011 Galway Arts Festival, Material Poetry and Modern Languages. Material Poetry is mentioned in the Irish Times review of the festival by the art critic Aidan Dunne, and our work, with that of Joseph Walsh, highlighted for its 'poetic complexity, but without fussiness'. See Material Poetry exhibition photos. Modern Languages is at the National Craft Gallery in Kilkenny from 21st October - 12th January 2012. The exhibition was discussed on RTE's Arts Tonight programme on November 7th. ------ A piece of ours, 12 doors 3 doors, a cabinet on a stand, purchased by the National Museum of Ireland for their permanent collection in 2006, is part of an exhibition '21st Century Irish Craft' at the National Museum at Collins Barracks Dublin. The exhibition is scheduled to run until the end of the year. The cabinet also features in The Irish Stamp Year Book 2011, published by An Post. ------ A nice, tiny, shout-out in this interesting article by Fintan O'Toole on craft in the Irish Times, 11 June. ------ In March we made two cabinets for the artist (and our neighbour) Dorothy Cross for her exhibition Stalactite in the Frith Street Gallery in London, 24 March - 5 May 2011. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/frith3.jpg" width="480" height="640" width_o="480" height_o="640" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/frith3_o.jpg" data-mid="6299983" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/frith1.jpg" width="600" height="387" width_o="600" height_o="387" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/frith1_o.jpg" data-mid="6299966" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/workshop1.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/workshop1_o.jpg" data-mid="6299985" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/workshop2.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/workshop2_o.jpg" data-mid="6300698" border="0" align="left"/> The larger cabinet displays Finger-tip Pearl and the smaller Tooth Pearl. The art works are the results of a project to create pearls in Tahitian Black-Lipped Oysters from the fingertips of a human hand and one of the artist's baby teeth respectively. Both cabinets are in Irish sycamore with a shellac finish. We also made a small display case for another piece by Dorothy Cross, but not for the Frith Street exhibition. The piece is a silvered crab that has a cast of a human finger instead of one claw. The box is also in Irish sycamore, with triple mitre jointed corners, the traditional showcase joint. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0074b.jpg" width="600" height="412" width_o="600" height_o="412" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0074b_o.jpg" data-mid="6910281" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0075a.jpg" width="600" height="433" width_o="600" height_o="433" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0075a_o.jpg" data-mid="6910283" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0077a.jpg" width="600" height="400" width_o="600" height_o="400" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/739477/DSC_0077a_o.jpg" data-mid="6910285" border="0" align="left"/> _____ The chair, Sligo 3, and the cabinets Zaftig, Skew and Scraps were in Portfolio 2011 at Farmleigh Gallery in Dublin, 29 May - 8 July. ----- Sligo 1 went to Collect 2011 6-9 May, 2011 in London. ----- MATERIALpoetry American Irish Historical Society, 991 Fifth Avenue, New York 7th October-18th November, 2010 Galway Arts Festival 2011 Rebecca, while visiting the exhibition, met Vladimir Kagan and his wife, and subsequently featured in his blog entry on MATERIALpoetry. ------ Our sycamore blanket chest features in Blanket Chests, Scott Gibson and Peter Turner, Taunton Press, April 2011. ----- OK, we give in. We got a Facebook page. So now the idea is to get people to 'like' us, or even like us, isn't that it? so please do! ------ College of the... http://yaffemays.com/process http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/process Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:48:07 +0000 yaffemays.com 627097 How a thing is made is part of its meaning. The thing embodies its history. The process is important to the things we make, both because of the meaning and for the more concrete fact that the process - the details, the decisions, the materials, the order of assembly - literally determine the final shape of the object. Sketching and drawing <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch007.jpg" width="600" height="825" width_o="600" height_o="825" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch007_o.jpg" data-mid="4397585" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch008.jpg" width="600" height="436" width_o="600" height_o="436" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch008_o.jpg" data-mid="4397586" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch009.jpg" width="600" height="825" width_o="600" height_o="825" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch009_o.jpg" data-mid="4397588" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch018.jpg" width="600" height="920" width_o="600" height_o="920" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch018_o.jpg" data-mid="4397589" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch019.jpg" width="600" height="920" width_o="600" height_o="920" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch019_o.jpg" data-mid="4397590" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch021.jpg" width="600" height="744" width_o="600" height_o="744" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch021_o.jpg" data-mid="4397591" border="0" align="left"/> CAD rendering and hand sketching combination <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch004.jpg" width="600" height="436" width_o="600" height_o="436" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch004_o.jpg" data-mid="4397604" border="0" align="left"/> <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch003.jpg" width="600" height="436" width_o="600" height_o="436" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch003_o.jpg" data-mid="4397603" border="0" align="left"/> Joinery <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch017.jpg" width="600" height="358" width_o="600" height_o="358" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/sketch017_o.jpg" data-mid="4397611" border="0" align="left"/> Models 1 to 5 scale <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0023.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0023_o.jpg" data-mid="4397618" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0031.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0031_o.jpg" data-mid="4397619" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0032.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0032_o.jpg" data-mid="4397620" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0038.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0038_o.jpg" data-mid="4397621" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0039.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0039_o.jpg" data-mid="4397622" border="0" align="left"/> Wood <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_1608.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_1608_o.jpg" data-mid="4398044" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_1609.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_1609_o.jpg" data-mid="4398045" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5068.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5068_o.jpg" data-mid="4398018" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5070.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5070_o.jpg" data-mid="4398019" border="0" align="left"/> Looking at the wood/laying out parts <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0006.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0006_o.jpg" data-mid="4398016" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0008.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0008_o.jpg" data-mid="4398017" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5248.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5248_o.jpg" data-mid="4398021" border="0" align="left"/> Dimensioning components <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0008a.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0008a_o.jpg" data-mid="4398074" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5317.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5317_o.jpg" data-mid="4398022" border="0" align="left"/> Cutting joinery <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0110.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0110_o.jpg" data-mid="4398168" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0009.JPG" width="670" height="448" width_o="2048" height_o="1370" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0009_o.JPG" data-mid="4398143" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5218.JPG" width="670" height="502" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_5218_o.JPG" data-mid="4398154" border="0" align="left"/> Assembly <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0003_1.jpg" width="402" height="402" width_o="402" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0003_1_o.jpg" data-mid="4549518" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0033.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/DSC_0033_o.jpg" data-mid="4549536" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_7283.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_7283_o.jpg" data-mid="4549553" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_7325.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627097/IMG_7325_o.jpg" data-mid="4549557" border="0" align="left"/> How a thing is made is part of its meaning. The thing embodies its history. The process is important to the things we make, both because of the meaning and for... http://yaffemays.com/BIGGER-CONTRACTS http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/BIGGER-CONTRACTS Mon, 01 Nov 2010 05:48:05 +0000 yaffemays.com 627116 THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Please check back soon! The Dock Arts Centre Carrick-on-Shanon, Leitrim. Furniture for the entrance area - chairs and a curved sofa. Oak. 2007. Made by Tom Duggan, Waterford. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock3.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock3_o.jpg" data-mid="3608337" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock1.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock1_o.jpg" data-mid="3608331" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock2.jpg" width="600" height="529" width_o="600" height_o="529" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock2_o.jpg" data-mid="3608335" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock4.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/dock4_o.jpg" data-mid="3608338" border="0" align="left"/> Desk, washstand, mirror for a doctor's consulting rooms, Dublin. Oak, leather and stone. 2000. Made by Tom Duggan, Waterford. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk-in-room.jpg" width="600" height="900" width_o="600" height_o="900" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk-in-room_o.jpg" data-mid="3609262" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk--washstand--carpet-hi.jpg" width="600" height="903" width_o="600" height_o="903" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk--washstand--carpet-hi_o.jpg" data-mid="3609258" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk-and-washstand-detail.jpg" width="600" height="592" width_o="600" height_o="592" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/desk-and-washstand-detail_o.jpg" data-mid="3609260" border="0" align="left"/> Curved screen Kevazingo veneer. 2000. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/Untitled-80.jpg" width="600" height="398" width_o="600" height_o="398" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/Untitled-80_o.jpg" data-mid="3610232" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/screen-looking-up.jpg" width="600" height="397" width_o="600" height_o="397" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/screen-looking-up_o.jpg" data-mid="3609985" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/screen-and-wall.jpg" width="600" height="899" width_o="600" height_o="899" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/627116/screen-and-wall_o.jpg" data-mid="3609983" border="0" align="left"/> THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Please check back soon! The Dock Arts Centre Carrick-on-Shanon, Leitrim. Furniture for the entrance area - chairs and a curved... http://yaffemays.com/CHAIRS http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/CHAIRS Thu, 07 Oct 2010 15:45:50 +0000 yaffemays.com 686763 Easy chair Ash and leather. 2003. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair1.jpg" width="600" height="399" width_o="600" height_o="399" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair1_o.jpg" data-mid="3318969" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair2.jpg" width="600" height="459" width_o="600" height_o="459" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair2_o.jpg" data-mid="3318972" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair3.jpg" width="600" height="407" width_o="600" height_o="407" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair3_o.jpg" data-mid="3318975" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair5.jpg" width="600" height="675" width_o="600" height_o="675" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair5_o.jpg" data-mid="3318998" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair6.jpg" width="600" height="491" width_o="600" height_o="491" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/armchair6_o.jpg" data-mid="3319000" border="0" align="left"/> Armchair based on a design of Kaare Klint. Jarrah, cane and cushions. 2003. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/side-top.jpg" width="600" height="896" width_o="600" height_o="896" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/side-top_o.jpg" data-mid="3319031" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-side-2.jpg" width="600" height="797" width_o="600" height_o="797" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-side-2_o.jpg" data-mid="3319019" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-3_4-2.jpg" width="600" height="677" width_o="600" height_o="677" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-3_4-2_o.jpg" data-mid="3319020" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-3_4-rear-2.jpg" width="600" height="676" width_o="600" height_o="676" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/chair-3_4-rear-2_o.jpg" data-mid="3319024" border="0" align="left"/> Dining chair Maple, hornbeam seat. 2002. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/diningchair3_4rear.jpg" width="600" height="873" width_o="600" height_o="873" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/diningchair3_4rear_o.jpg" data-mid="3319092" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/diningchairprofile-right.jpg" width="472" height="713" width_o="472" height_o="713" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/diningchairprofile-right_o.jpg" data-mid="3319061" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/back-detail.jpg" width="446" height="886" width_o="446" height_o="886" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/back-detail_o.jpg" data-mid="3319073" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/leg-crest-detail.jpg" width="569" height="621" width_o="569" height_o="621" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/686763/leg-crest-detail_o.jpg" data-mid="3319074" border="0" align="left"/> Easy chair Ash and leather. 2003. Armchair based on a design of Kaare Klint. Jarrah, cane and cushions. 2003. Dining chair Maple, hornbeam seat. 2002. http://yaffemays.com/OTHER-THINGS http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/OTHER-THINGS Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:18:15 +0000 yaffemays.com 626636 First light #1 Oak, wool, and electrical fittings. January 2011. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collage1.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collage1_o.jpg" data-mid="4477948" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collage2.jpg" width="600" height="134" width_o="600" height_o="134" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collage2_o.jpg" data-mid="4477949" border="0" align="left"/>{image30}<img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0014.jpg" width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0014_o.jpg" data-mid="4479310" border="0" align="left"/> This light came about for a number of reasons: we read a Donald Judd essay called It's Hard to Find a Good Lamp a few years ago and started to think about lights, did some sketching, and then forgot about it. Then in the Autumn semester 2010 at GMIT Letterfrack I taught a module in which the third year students had a brief to design and make a sustainable light - this got me thinking again. One version of the lamp has a steambent element (see below) - our first foray into steambending and very instructive (= lots of cracked pieces). The shade is made by wrapping wool (leftovers from Foxford Woollen Mills in Co Mayo) around a wooden former with glue and leaving to dry overnight, a technique I first saw done by a second year student at GMIT last year. #2 light <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collagec2_32.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collagec2_32_o.jpg" data-mid="4478793" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collagec1_31.jpg" width="600" height="268" width_o="600" height_o="268" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/collagec1_31_o.jpg" data-mid="4478791" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0035.jpg" width="600" height="600" width_o="600" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0035_o.jpg" data-mid="4479134" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/IMG_4480.jpg" width="600" height="526" width_o="600" height_o="526" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/IMG_4480_o.jpg" data-mid="4686864" border="0" align="left"/> Three spoons Two cherry and one holly. December 2010. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0009.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0009_o.jpg" data-mid="4300894" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0011.jpg" width="670" height="360" width_o="753" height_o="405" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0011_o.jpg" data-mid="4300861" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0001.jpg" width="670" height="327" width_o="829" height_o="405" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0001_o.jpg" data-mid="4300858" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0016.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0016_o.jpg" data-mid="4300862" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0020_16.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0020_16_o.jpg" data-mid="4300865" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0022.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0022_o.jpg" data-mid="4300866" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0028.jpg" width="271" height="405" width_o="271" height_o="405" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0028_o.jpg" data-mid="4300867" border="0" align="left"/> Rebecca spent some of December making spoons. One reason is that she can stand by the stove in the workshop - it has been very cold over the past month. Moon Spoon Holly. December 2010. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0030.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0030_o.jpg" data-mid="3996624" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0020.jpg" width="600" height="416" width_o="600" height_o="416" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0020_o.jpg" data-mid="3996607" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0023.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0023_o.jpg" data-mid="3996613" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0021.jpg" width="600" height="401" width_o="600" height_o="401" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/DSC_0021_o.jpg" data-mid="3996619" border="0" align="left"/> Made with freshly-cut holly from the valley, and worked while the wood is green (unseasoned). Spoons Pear <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon2.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon2_o.jpg" data-mid="3591901" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon3.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon3_o.jpg" data-mid="3591904" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon4.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon4_o.jpg" data-mid="3591906" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon5.jpg" width="600" height="261" width_o="600" height_o="261" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon5_o.jpg" data-mid="3591908" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon1.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/spoon1_o.jpg" data-mid="3591928" border="0" align="left"/> Bench Oak with wenge wedges. 2006. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench4.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench4_o.jpg" data-mid="3608507" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench1.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench1_o.jpg" data-mid="3608499" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench2.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench2_o.jpg" data-mid="3608502" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench3.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/bench3_o.jpg" data-mid="3608506" border="0" align="left"/> Blocks Elm box, beech blocks. 2005. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks4.jpg" width="600" height="800" width_o="600" height_o="800" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks4_o.jpg" data-mid="3609080" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks1.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks1_o.jpg" data-mid="3609061" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks2.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks2_o.jpg" data-mid="3609063" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks3.jpg" width="600" height="450" width_o="600" height_o="450" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626636/blocks3_o.jpg" data-mid="3609066" border="0" align="left"/> First light #1 Oak, wool, and electrical fittings. January 2011. This light came about for a number of reasons: we read a Donald Judd essay called It's Hard to... http://yaffemays.com/TABLES-AND-DESKS http://yaffemays.com/following/yaffemays.com/TABLES-AND-DESKS Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:12:10 +0000 yaffemays.com 626622 'It is at “the temporary democracy of the table” that children learn the art of conversation and acquire the habits of civility—sharing, listening, taking turns, navigating differences, arguing without offending—and it is these habits that are lost when we eat alone and on the run.' Michael Pollan, 2010. 'The Food Movement, Rising' in The New York Review of Books, June 10, 2010. Drop leaf table Irish walnut, oil finish. 1999. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/round walnut.jpg" width="508" height="601" width_o="508" height_o="601" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/round walnut_o.jpg" data-mid="2904534" border="0" align="left"/> Trestle table American cherry, oil finish. 1999. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/cherry.jpg" width="600" height="344" width_o="600" height_o="344" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/cherry_o.jpg" data-mid="3360111" border="0" align="left"/> Foursquare oak, oil finish. 2000. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/oak-and-logs.jpg" width="600" height="268" width_o="600" height_o="268" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/oak-and-logs_o.jpg" data-mid="3360122" border="0" align="left"/> Writing desk 2002. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-3_4.jpg" width="600" height="474" width_o="600" height_o="474" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-3_4_o.jpg" data-mid="3610103" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-drawer-open_8.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-drawer-open_8_o.jpg" data-mid="3610106" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-3_4-detail.jpg" width="600" height="402" width_o="600" height_o="402" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/desk-3_4-detail_o.jpg" data-mid="3610130" border="0" align="left"/> Desk Alder and cherry. 2001. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/Untitled-93.jpg" width="600" height="380" width_o="600" height_o="380" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/Untitled-93_o.jpg" data-mid="3360051" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/Untitled-96.jpg" width="600" height="419" width_o="600" height_o="419" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/Untitled-96_o.jpg" data-mid="3360059" border="0" align="left"/> Coffee table with glass vases. Beech. 1999. <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/coffee-table-outside.jpg" width="600" height="484" width_o="600" height_o="484" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/1/48689/626622/coffee-table-outside_o.jpg" data-mid="3610057" border="0" align="left"/> 'It is at “the temporary democracy of the table” that children learn the art of conversation and acquire the habits of civility—sharing, listening, taking...