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Derek Hennigar
Furniture is what makes shelter a home, and one's home is equal parts function and aesthetic. Derek Hennigar designs and builds furniture with these aspects in mind. Structure and finish are employed to express wit and finesse in his functional sculptural work.
Hennigar's bentwood table bases update the age-old technique of steam-bending in service to the expression of line in three dimensions. Multiple layers of thin oak are laminated in series to make structures with high strength-to-weight ratios, while juxtaposing geometric figures with loops in a continuous line.
While studying engineering at North Carolina State University, Hennigar first apprenticed as an interior carpenter and then as a cabinetmaker. All the while, he was self-educating in furniture design and technique. He was influenced early on in his hometown of Asheville, North Carolina, by the Appalachian craft tradition, 20th century sculptors and furniture designers, and his disdain for the mass-produced nature of the North Carolina furniture industry.
Customer Reviews
I purchased this coffee table along with the matching console table in walnut. The two pieces together work beautifully in our home and complement each other as well as the rest of the furnishings and art in the room. They are contemporary pieces to be sure but they also reveal woodworking craftsmanship that is so missing in today's home furnishings. As a woodworker myself, I appreciate the level of knowledge and artistry needed to make these unique pieces. We're totally happy!
The table is beautifully designed and made. I expected to like it, but I love it! It is fresh and modern, but it fits in perfectly with my combination of antique and more contemporary furniture. I really like seeing through the glass top to the Persian carpet beneath. Bravo to Derek Hennigar, who made it, and to Artful Home for carrying his pieces.
