All posts Tagged ‘FURNITURE’
We Love Freedom
A project utilising local skills, pride & passion. By Jeremy Walton. (Københavns Møbelsnedkeri & Mai-Britt Eschen) 2010
Made with Corian, Wool, Old Woollen Jumpers, Pride & Passion. As part the SE 2010 WHITE OUT exhibition.
I’ll cover the longer story behind the chair below, the most important thing about the project for me, was asking if the pride and passion of the local needle felting artisan can be utilised in the process of furniture making? Can local hobby artists be utilised by larger industry? The result of the project is a time consuming Zen like process of drilling holes and then pulling loops of wool through them, followed by the freedom to sculpt wool.
Dialogue Thread
A process of beading by Jeremy Walton and Jette Mellgren 2009
Chairs made using the simple process of threading beads on a string. Exploring the enjoyment, pride and passion in the production process. Originally made for the 2009 Dialogue exhibition at The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen to coincide with the COP 15 climate change summit.
Jette Mellgren is an expert at weaving anything that can bend.
The chair is made of urban drift wood, reclaimed cables, beads, willow, pride and passion. (more…)
Wall Maps
Handmade Wall Display by Jeremy Walton, 2009. E-craftbook jw 003
Out of date road maps of Great Briton.
These wall displays use the e-craftbook jw 003 (Soon available to download and make. Or these need a home for slightly more than $10.)
Accountable, third and fourth quarter.
Handmade wall display by Jeremy Walton, 2009. E-craftbook jw 002
Each quarter measurers 50 cm x 50 cm x 7 cm. 100 hundread units.
Wall Display using the DesignYouMake E-craftbook jw 002 available to down load and make yourself. (available soon). This is a wall display made up of a single unit that can be rotated to create a repeat pattern. Here I have printed the A5 cutout direct onto paper from a year account book, a Danish year account book, which is yellow and green.
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Allerød Slant chair
Design by Jeremy Walton, 2008. Developed together with PP Møbler
Designed as part of the GlobalMadeLocal project and exhibited at SE Fifty fifty.
The Allerød Slant stacking chair is a solid wood chair, designed for single unit production. Developed for the GlobalMadeLocal project. All the angles for a stacking chair that can be made by local cabinetmakers, on a commission.
Utilitarian Veneer
Design by Jeremy Walton, 2008. developed together with København Møbelsnedkeri.
Designed as part of the GlobalMadeLocal project and exhibited at SE Fifty fifty.
The unit consists of four open shelves and one drawer unit. The unit has a public facade, consisting of a thick veneer of wood. The unit also has a private side where the facade is no longer necessary and the thick (very thick) veneer comes off and acts as a utilitarian object, a pair of step ladders.
Shelving Beams
Design by Jeremy Walton, 2008. Developed together with København Møbelsnedkeri.
Designed as part of the GlobalMadeLocal project and exhibited at SE Fifty fifty.
From the larger area of the room the beams look to be rough beams, while on the inner sides the beams is open shelving suitable for books, compact discs and ornaments. The beams are quirky sculptural elements that play with the charm of architectural elements normally found in old buildings, while having a functional use and utilising overhead space in a non-heavy practical way.
Islands Brygge the Manhatten of Copenhagen.
Around the globe in 80 chairs, by Jeremy Walton.
GlobalMadeLocal Reaches Islands Brygge.
Islands Brygge has often been referred to as the Manhattan of Copenhagen. It is the home of Københavns MøbelSnedkeri, situated in a road that is probably the last outpost of inner city industry in the area. The lease is short, but while it lasts, the small overlooked road is a charming blot on the landscape of polished glass office buildings and flats that don’t just have parking facilities for cars, but for boats as well. (more…)
Allerød, or as the locals prefer it in English, Alleryd.
Around the globe in 80 chairs, by Jeremy Walton.
GlobalMadeLocal Reaches Allerød.
The journey starts in the Danish town of Allerød, or as the locals prefer to write it, Alleryd. [1] There has been much debate in Allerød over the English spelling of Alleryd, with the majority in favour of the spelling that gives the more Danish phonetic pronunciation.
From the start you get the sense, that the people of Alleryd have a high regard for details.
About Jeremy Walton’s journey around the globe in 80 chairs.
Around the globe in 80 chairs by Jeremy Walton.
Start of a long slow journey.
Why do projects need to be completed instantly?
To develope 80 chairs across the globe following the GlobalMadeLocal ideology. Chair is just a term for furniture, they might not always be chairs.
80 pieces working flat out, could take about 8 years to complete, allowing for public holidays. But the chance of working flat out is not an option I have, so I will be lucky if I ever complete the journey, but who is in a rush to finish.
