The Venue - Mobile Bar Units

Yeahhhhh... watch out!
The Venue Mobile Bar Units are rolling around the town of Asheville, NC.
All 4 were delivered last week via large U-haul truck and lots of pushing and grunting over a red brick road...

Check out pictures of the rolling monsters in the Gallery on www.kampstudio.com

Process photos are soon to come.

Peace and Sawdust,
Robb and Kamp Studio

Mobile Bar Units for The Venue

This week is going to be an exciting one at Kamp Studio!

I am rounding out a project of 4 mobile bar units for an Asheville, NC event destination called The Venue.

Check their website out at http://www.thevenueasheville.biz/

Made from cherry, maple and aluminum each bar unit is on wheels and has a maple curved front and top "floating" on aluminum pins. Look for pics throughout the week and early next week as I finish this project up!

Peace and Sawdust,
Robb

Bonsai Lotus Meditation Chair Model!

Here are a few more pics of the Bonsai Lotus Meditation Chair Model!


1/8 scale made from walnut and maple veneer.


Measures approx. 7"L x 7.5"W x 4"H.


The seat and backrest are small bent plywood laminations made from maple veneer. Each of these maple components were created using a two sided jig made from MDF.

To Scale: Design in Miniature

One of my designs, the model for my Lotus Meditation Chair, called the Bonsai Lotus, was been accepted to the To Scale: "Designs in Miniature" furniture exhibition at the 2009 Furniture Society Conference Industrious 2009: The Design, Craft and Commerce of Furniture Making in Boone, NC.

This exhibit will be at the Looking Glass Gallery on the Appalachian State University Campus in Boone, North Carolina during the 2009 Furniture Society Conference; INDUSTRIOUS: The Design, Craft & Commerce of Furniture Making. The show will be installed in June and open for the duration of the conference and through June 2009.

 

Come out to Boone, NC to check out the show if you can, it should be a good one...

I will post lots of pics of the Bonsai Lotus model on the Kamp Studio blog so stay tuned.

Peace, love and sawdust, 

Robb

Postcard for Are Chairs Just For Sitting?

Here is the postcard for the Are Chairs Just For Sitting? exhibition!
Check it out, print it out, hang it in your office or above your bed?

Handmade in America: Focus on Furniture

In conjunction with the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design exhibition "Are Chairs Just for Sitting?" Handmade in America is showcasing the work of all of the furniture makers involved in an exhibition called Focus on Furniture!

Focus on Furniture opened May 5 and continues through August 14 2009.

Handmade in America is located in downtown Asheville, NC at the new Lexington Station behind the Orange Peel Social and Pleasure Club! Check out this link for more information and directions to the exhibition.

http://www.handmadeinamerica.org/focusonfurniture/



The pieces I have in the exhibition are shots from both the past and present of my furniture making career... the Slingshot Lady Bug Table is a whimsical and colorful sculpted basswood and plywood table I finished with acrylic paint in 2005.


The second is a recent piece, the Biernbaum Jewelry Armoire, made from sapele and maple and featuring some wonderful curved laminations. I am very excited about this piece and being able to show it so soon after its creation!



Please check out the show and let me know what you think about some of my new creations and the work of my fellow WNC furniture makers! And help to support local artists and the amazing art they are making...

Are Chairs Just For Sitting?

An awesome chair show just opened up in Hendersonville, NC at the Center for Craft, Creativity and Design.

The show runs from May 5 - August 14, 2009.

A few of the makers involved are Susan Link, Brian Fireman, Vivian Beer, Austin Rhoades, Wayne Raab, Wayne Fowler, Blaine Johnston and many more.

My Lotus Meditation Chair is also in the show!

This is an amazing show featuring some of the most talented and creative furniture makers in the Western North Carolina region.

Check out this link for more information about the exhibition and directions to the center to check out some cool chairs.

http://www.craftcreativitydesign.org/events/index.php?page=2007

Come out to see the show. The opening reception is Thursday May 14 at 6pm and features a presentation by curator and maker, Wayne Raab.

Kamp Studio Launches Website!

Thanks for checking out the new Kamp Studio Website... www.kampstudio.com We went live with it over the last few days. A few months in the making. Well actually 5 or 6 years if you count all of the work that will be seen on the site. There is a great photo gallery hosted by www.flickr.com and a blog hosted by Blogger. Both can be accessed through the main website and will be constantly changing and evolving with pictures, blogging, information and news from the Kamp Studio world I have created. Thanks to Matt Paden and Lucky Design Studios who helped to put the site together.