The Furniture Society

TFS STUDENT AFFINITY GROUP EVENT Date: Friday, April 30 at 4:00 pm Theme: What's Next? Life After Graduation... With graduation on the horizon, are you stressed about navigating post-graduation life as an artist and maker? Have no fear! Three special guests will showcase their work and share the many paths an artist can take: Soo Joo - a RISD graduate and a past Anderson Ranch resident who is currently making art in Seoul, South Korea; Tom Lees - attended the Krenov School of Fine Furnitue and Capellagården in Sweden and currently teaches as an adjunct professor at UW-Madison, and Oakland; Adrien Segal - California based artist and teacher at California College of the Arts who uses scientific research and data to inform her work. To join today's virtual event, please send an email to Pam at: [email protected] for link

HAPPENING TONIGHT! Join us virtually from 6-7pm EST and "Show Us Your......Commissioned Furniture!" Meg Bye, TFS board member and owner of Knot & Burl Studios, will kick off the conversation and share how she works with clients. We hope you'll join us and let us know why you do commissioned work, what it's like to work this way, and the pro's and con's of creating a custom piece of furniture for a client. Works in progress and images of past commissions are encouraged to be ...shared. Register here: https://furnsoc.z2systems.com//furn/eventRegistration.jsp&

FS CONNECTS Join us virtually on Thursday April 29 from 6-7pm EST for Show Us Your......Commissioned Furniture! Do you work with clients to design and make one-of-a-kind custom work? Do your commissions come from collectors, galleries or both? What inspires you to create these individual pieces of art? Meg Bye, TFS board member and owner of Knot & Burl Studios, will kick off the conversation and share how she works with clients to create custom, one-of-a-kind pieces for them.... We hope you'll join us and let us know why you do commissioned work, what it's like to work this way, and the pro's and con's of creating a custom piece of furniture for a client. Works in progress and images of past commissions are encouraged to be shared. This event is free and open to all who want to join the fun! Register here: https://furnsoc.z2systems.com//furn/eventRegistration.jsp& Image: Sitting Table by Meg Bye, walnut and wenge. Photo credit: John Granne

FS SKETCHBOOK "I started sketching furniture and lighting in 1985 while in photo school and filled up multiple sketchbooks for a couple years before making my first work. It was a process of self education in the language of design as well as just getting ideas out of my head to make room for more. Finally in ‘88 or ‘89 it became obvious to me that I needed to take these sketches and turn them into something. After making my first chair and tables from copper pipe and pipe fittings, I was offered a solo show in 1990 and there has been no looking back. 36 years later, my sketches aren’t much better, but they are still the foundation of how I begin each project and I’m still as possessed by the world of furniture and lighting as I was back in ‘85." Sketches by featured member, Christopher Poehlmann.

World Wood Day 2021 is sharing previously recorded live broadcast demos and artist talks today on the Wood Culture YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/WoodCulture