Geoffrey Young, Geoffrey Young Furniture (Studio Furniture 2018)

Geoffrey Young lives in New Plymouth, New Zealand. ‘I studied furniture design and making at UCOL Palmerston North in 2010–2011. Working in joinery day job, then spending nights and weekends designing and crafting wooden furniture is an all-consuming passion. My designs start with a vision of a completed form. They are explorations of ideas within the practical constraints of furniture. I will quickly sketch in a somewhat rough form with explorations of continuous ideas and evolving solutions. Visualising the mechanics, the dynamics of the loads and forces playing in a structure, I strive for integrity of form and detail within my work. My designs are an attempt to show dynamism in form, energy, power and grace exalted in movement and light with structures that are transparent and solid, still and erratic. I exhibit my work at woodworking and art shows/galleries throughout Taranaki and New Zealand and open my workshop/studio as part of the Taranaki Arts Trail weekend.’ Website: www.geoffreyyoungfurniture.co.nz

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