Brian Newell, Studio Furniture Maker
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2020
- Brian Newell is a studio furniture maker based in Fort Bragg, California, USA. At the age of eight, he began wood carving in his parents’ basement in Michigan, and later learned furniture making from the internationally renowned furniture maker James Krenov in the Krenov School of Fine Furniture from 1989 to 1990. Later in life, he spent ten years designing and building furniture in Japan and then returned to Fort Bragg, CA in 2008.
This documentary was filmed in 2016 when the International Wood Culture Society film crew visited his studio, the school and the city, and Mr. Newell also talked about the struggles he faced as an artist in the interview.
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I met Brian not to long ago. Such a nice guy and has an epic history that I did not know! Those pieces are incredible
I was fortunate to have Brian design a sign for my business probably 30 years ago, when he was a student as the University of Michigan. The blueprint I still have of the sign lists him as, Brian D. Newell, Worker in Wood.
When Brian moved back to Mendocino from Japan in 2007, he brought a 40 ft shipping container full of lumber with him.. it was full of rare lumber you just can't get here in the US including macassar ebony beams pulled from ancient Japanese manors and all kinds of exotic stock.. incredibly precious material... and he literally gave a huge chunk of that lumber away (the small bits and random cutoffs, that is) to locals and students. His shop was just being built.. he had only the steel building and had barely filled it with much yet. Cool dude!
I totally relate to being quiet on long drives ! Wish I could record those images
I was so lucky to spend a week in his workshop. Brian tought me to bend wood and we made a prototype for a wooden briefcase. Besides the skills he tought me, we had good conversations. He inspired me, listened to me and helped me a lot. It was one of the best weeks of my life.
Brian, you’re one of the best ever. You might need new challenges-we all do from time to time
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Brian is still one of my favorite makers. Very inspiring work. He may not know his influence on some people, but it is there. I look up his work every once in a while to just wonder at the talent some people were given.