Furniture Design: Introduction to Danish Cord Weaving
Why Woven Furniture?
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Explore basic techniques for weaving furniture and decorative objects with natural fibers to make unique and durable designs
Joined April 2021
About the video: Why Woven Furniture?
Overview
“Why weave on furniture at all? First, let’s discuss some of the qualities of woven furniture elements. ”
In this video lesson user6517373 surname6517373 addresses the topic: Why Woven Furniture?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Furniture Design: Introduction to Danish Cord Weaving. Explore basic techniques for weaving furniture and decorative objects with natural fibers to make unique and durable designs.
Partial transcription of the video
“Why Woven Furniture? In this lesson, I'll be talking about why woven furniture? First of all, woven furniture has been around a really long time. This Egyptian stool dates from 1400 BC. So, it has been around for over 3000 years. It's one of the oldest preserved pieces of woven furniture. You can see the woodworking is very simple on this piece and the weaving is really doing the heavy work on this. Woven furniture could also be something like a hammock. Basically, the people that were designing woven furniture were working with the materials they had at hand. Wood might've been more scarce...”
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Course summary for: Furniture Design: Introduction to Danish Cord Weaving
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Decoration, Fiber Arts, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design, Upcycling, Weaving
A course by user6517373 surname6517373
Heide Martin is a designer specializing in furniture and houseware. After graduating with two degrees in landscape architecture and urban design, she realized that her true passion lay in making things by hand. Inspired by her hobby and her carpenter husband, Heide went on to study an intensive woodworking course where she honed her skills.
Since then she’s worked with brands including Laura Mercier, contributed to Fine Woodworking Magazine, and started her own studio alongside her husband where she practices her passion for handmade woven surfaces. Heide has also been a resident and visiting artist at San Diego State University, Maine College of Art and Design, and more. As well as selling and exhibiting her work internationally, she has taught furniture design at Escuela de Artes y Oficios Santo Domingo, and assistantships at the University of Washington and Center for Furniture Craftsmanship.
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