George Mahoney
H Chair Jig
Mixed Media 2009
Faculty Show, Process
As a furniture designer and maker my work deals with the multiple. A successful design is represented through the quality of its craft as defined by David Pye, craft of “risk” and of “certainty”. Craft of risk is taking a chance that something can go wrong on a one of a kind piece of art/sculpture. Craft of certainty is dealing with the multiple; the H Chair jig is an example. Each individual chair must be reproduced identically every time. Using metal armatures and clamps with accurate space on every piece we are eliminating variables of risk.
