Dogtrot - Harlem I (Table/Stool)
The dogtrot table was inspired by dogtrot houses, which are popular cottage styles in the South of the US, where you have two rooms that are split by an adjoining outdoor staircase in the middle.
I find dancing to be one of the greatest expressions of freedom one can feel, and was drawn to the all the amazing photos from the Harlem Renaissance. In the face of systematic oppression, African Americans were dancing and were out shouting and making their own forms of art, which has had an influence on culture like never before seen. These were some of the roots, and those trees stand before us today in all walks of society. I used hand painted metal inlays in the walnut to try to showcase and capture some of this energy.
The painting style and colour choice was influenced by the harlem renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence and his series, The Great Migration.
Materials: American walnut, Ben and Painted Aluminum Plate and Hand Painted Acrylic paint
The painting style and colour choice was influenced by the harlem renaissance painter Jacob Lawrence and his series, The Great Migration.
Materials: American walnut, Ben and Painted Aluminum Plate and Hand Painted Acrylic paint
