Very interesting to see what you do, Lars. Congratulations on getting recognized! Not at all TMI.

Lars, it's fascinating to me and you have quite an unusual occupation from my perspective! I'm wondering how your comments were taken out of context to mean something different from what you intended.

It is nice to be recognized... it's even nicer to be able to do creative work that you love. Congratulations! And I'd love to see your bird sculptures when they're done!

I think the quote out of context is confusing

Lars

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Lars, I was also very interested to see your workplace and your work, even if your quote was out of context.

So where is your work in Chicago? I do get there occasionally...

Annie

Here is the address of the Chicago showroom: 222 Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 14-135. I don't know where that is - I've only been to the L.A. and NY showrooms, although I did also visit the San Francisco representative showroom and the one in Houston, neither of which we still have. NY and L.A. are the main showrooms, but I don't remember which one is bigger - probably NY, which generates the most business.

Lars

Thanks for sharing! I've known her name and I know of the showroom, but seeing the individual craftsmanship and care was inspiring!

Lars, the furniture is stunning! It's so interesting to get a "behind-the-scenes" look at the process of making a design become a reality.

And your workspace doesn't seem at all messy to me. You should see MY workspace!

Sue

Here is a photo from the NY showroom, showing two chairs that were made from the cardboard model that I showed in a previous thread.

So glad you shared this, Lars. I am blown away by your talent! What becomes of the cardboard models? They are pieces of art by themselves.

Carol, most of my models go into archival storage in the warehouse, although they are not necessarily looked after very well. Some of them (especially chair models) are sent to workrooms for them to copy, and sometimes they dismantle the models for copying. Sometimes I will carve a chair leg out of Styrofoam so that it can be carved properly, and I still have some of the legs in storage. For curved chair backs, I make a template so that the fabricator can check for the exact size and shape, and then I can also check to make sure the shop model is made correctly. If a curve a slightly off, I will reject it, as there is a very specific shape that I expect to get.

Here is a photo of a mirror design that I worked on recently, which uses woven strips of polished and brushed stainless steel. The effect is supposed to look somewhat random, but I had to draw this one very carefully in order to get an even distribution of space while still appearing to be random. I think this mirror appeared in one of the issues of Interiors as an ad. The picture is of our NY window in the D&D building.

Lars

That mirror is amazing it would look so great in my bedroom.

Lars, I've always been impressed with your work. Glad that you are getting some recognition.

~Amm

Your cardboard models have always amazed me...who knew that's how it's done.

Every time you share one of your many talents, I always go back to the movie we watched at one of our first forum get-togethers. We hardly knew you then (or each other for that matter) and certainly didn't know of your many talents.

Cathy, do you still have that DVD? Fortunately, I was able to make several copies of it, since it was not commercially released and never copy protected.

Most furniture companies do not make full-scale cardboard models, which is one of the reasons that my work is considered unusual. I also met with people from Architectural Digest and they liked my work so much that they sent me a present! A lot of my designs have been published in AD as well, but part of that depends on whether we advertise in them or not. Right now we are advertising more in Interiors, and so that is why they are giving us more coverage. In the past few years, advertising rates in magazines have gone way down, and so it was easier for us to afford the ads. People do not buy printed media the way they used to, but they still buy furniture!

I finished the swallows sculptures this week, but I had a tooth extracted and an implant put in on Tuesday, and that knocked me for a loop, and I missed three days of work. I'm back today, but I still feel week and will be on antibiotics through Monday. The sculptures will look better when they have the finish put on.

Lars