Check out this veneer coffee table by chaboo artist Jason Hernandez. When I visited him in his shop a few months ago he was just starting to lay out the veneers he had cut and told me about his idea. Now its done and he had the piece photographed by Project Chaboo photographer Anna Campbell. Im glad people have been connecting through the project.
photo by Anna Campbell
MMMmmm. Pretty SICK if you ask me! The design of the pattern is just killer and add to that the figure in the veneers- makes my spine tingle. You can see Jason’s work on his website here. Hes teaching a class at OCAC this summer called Elements of Furniture Making for beginning through intermediate woodworkers. Learn from the master!
The man with the name nobody can pronounce. Its cool man- I use a shortened version of my real name which is actually Kenichaboo. Here he is unveiling his folding chaboo with pride. TIGHT
Ryah Radomski is a cool cat doing lots of interesting stuff. Hes been invited to the prestigious IDSA conference in the great NYC this year to present this bracelet he makes. Congrats!
Ryah also wins the award for most individual parts in his chaboo. These bent aluminum forms are made by laminating approximately 150 aluminum blinds into a form, gluing each one individually. Yes- he is insane.
Check out this experiment by my friend Amy Ruppel. She took some laser samples Joe Mansfield made her for Project Chaboo and backfilled with white wax. So cool!
This is the lasering on her chaboo inlayed with laser cut felt.
Id like to experiment with backfilling cracks in wood with colored wax. More on that coming soon….
Amy creates these paintings with paper, oils, and a beeswax/resin mixture. The image above is from her state bird series where she painted every single state bird! I love the concept.
As I ponder the future for Project Chaboo I realize I missed a lot of people. There are many many brilliant artists out there with great energy. Hopefully for round two I will find them all. I met illustrator Kalina Torino at the show- a couple months too late, unfortunately. Her work is super cool- check it out!
Awww CUTE! She tells me her characters are inspired by real people- I think pineapple girl is her. Shes been putting her characters into “suits” that can be hilarious. Who wears a lobster? Honestly… come on… haha. I like the drooping things she has going in her backgrounds. We discussed perhaps having them laser cut in the future and layering her paintings. MMMmm lasers…
I love the humor quality in her work. Her very funny personality comes out in her drawings. I envy that actually, furniture is not very funny- at least mine isnt… Id like to find a way to make my work more fun… like me ;P
Here she paints by hand, rather than digital. Its cool that she does both. Shes going to paint on some natural edge wood scraps I have from Project Chaboo and Im going to make them move. Kalina has big time positive enthusiasm, talent, and fun ideas- Im looking forward to tagging along for the ride! Stay tuned…
