Mostly Furniture

This entry is mostly about Dylan's furniture, but first...

We attended the annual Draft Horse Classic opening competition  last Thursday evening again (we get free tickets every year).  We recognize most of the competitors, by now and we even have our faves.  It's always fun to watch the contestants drive their beautiful, giant horses and carts/wagons around in singles, pairs, threes, fours and sixes ("six-up").  But it's also just so interesting to get a peak into another subculture--and this is a subculture of a subculture.  Then, as usual, I go over to the Fairgrounds the next day to pet the horses, watch the blacksmiths, look at draft horse art, etc.  This year, the only picture I'll post is that of a Clydesdale, freshly bathed, being walked back to the barn.  If you mag in, you can see the little boy with the reins walking along side (dad is holding the reins as well).  I had been watching as the dad was teaching his son how to control this enormous animal who could squash him like a bug.  I just loved the juxtaposition of scale and wonder about the "little-boy's-eye view"!


Saturday, we drove to SF for the day to help Dylan work out some business issues, and to hang out with Rachel, Mike, and Rachel's good friend, Sarah for the evening.


He had just finished three pieces.  They are part of his new design initiative and were nearly ready to ship to Texas on Monday.  Last Friday, he'd had them professionally photographed.  So these pics are part mine and part from the photographer.  See if you can tell which is which.

One line of design is called, for the moment, Vessels.  He's made tables with inset vases or wooden bowls from other artists.  The table tops "respond" to the vessels' being there in a way.  We love them.  The first photo is of his wooden bowl table--the second one he's made.  This one almost looks like a wooden "splash", I think.  (ignore the underline--it won't click off. sheesh!)

Then, there's the vase table, also the second in the edition.  Texas Guy wanted a small console to fit a particular space.  Looks precarious, but it isn't.  There are more ideas of this sort we'll be seeing soon!

Lastly, he's just recently designed this coffee table (also for Texas Guy).  It's quite interesting (the "magic" is underneath, as Dylan said) in that the outside legs don't go all the way up to the table top.  

We love all of these.  We're all trying to work out in some detail as to how to craft a business doing art, disguised as furniture. It's complicated.  But we believe it can be done.  He has lots and lots of orders, right now.  Mike, Rachel's boyfriend and contractor/finish carpenter, is starting to work with Dylan consistently, which we think is a wonderful development.  And did I mention that Dylan is also teaching an industrial design drawing class twice a week at California College of Design?  I think I did.  Anyway, it soaks up lots of time right now, its being his first time through. 



This coming weekend will be super cool with the Celtic Festival and Home Tour.  One house on the tour is built out of a covered bridge.


As usual, stay tuned...