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Hardcore Softness ⁄
Tanya Aguiñiga
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Chair felting transforms
an industrially made,
institutional chair into
a unique work of
handcraft. Celebrating
the inherent delicate
and organic quality of
the wool as well as the
rigid, functional form of
standard metal folding
chairs, this process
yields a domestic
object with a cheerful
split personality.
At Design Miami ⁄ 07, show visitors will help Tanya create felt skins
over the surface of preexisting chairs by hand rubbing natural fleece
with ecologically friendly soap and water. Participants will experience
how hand felting becomes a means for seamless upholstery and a tool
for changing the qualities of iconic mass-produced consumer goods.
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Tanya Aguíñiga
Felt Chair
Photography courtesy of Todd Beattie
Photobooth Furniture ⁄
Joseph Heidecker
Using low-tech processes, Joe’s work combines found materials and
existing work – principally photographs and furniture. Joe’s playful and
witty sensibility will be on display at Design Miami ⁄ 07 as he constructs his
new series of seating employing images taken in an old-fashioned
photobooth. Visitors to the show can participate in the creative process
by having their photo taken in the booth, and thus becoming memorialized
in Joe’s finished pieces.
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Joseph Heidecker
Photobooth Chairs
Photography courtesy of Johnson Trading Gallery