This year’s Stockholm Furniture Fair, Scandinavia’s biggest annual design event, reeled in the crowds, as always. The main fair halls may have been a little quieter than usual, but an array of exciting work on show in the Greenhouse, the fair’s well renowned student and newcomer section, kept the masses inspired and entertained.

Images courtesy of Core 77

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Here are some pictures of the process of making the center inlay for the Tree Core Bed.

I used an elliptical jig for the router to route the recesses for the inlay

I used an elliptical jig for the router to create the recesses for the inlay

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This is the fir beam used to get the veneers that are inlayed in the center of the bed

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These are the fir veneers from the beam

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Here the veneers are bookmatched and held together with tape

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The end grain fir veneers are finished being shaped and are ready to inlay!

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A hydraulic jack is used to clamp the veneers during the glue up.

The finished product!

The finished product!

Bent Lamination

Here are some photo’s my friend Chris Hunter took of the process of creating a bent lamination,  enjoy……

spreading glue on the veneers, putting the glued up veneers in the vacuum bag and the finished product

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1/4

While working on my latest piece, i made a discovery.  The inspiration behind the design of this piece was the spiraling shape of the elm leaf.   Only after rought shaping did I realize that this table is also 1/4 of a heart.  This discovery seamed very aspicious since the patron for the table has devoted so much of his life towards the growth of others and care for the earth.  Here are a few images of the shaping process……

 

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Here are some images from Milan’s design week

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