Pasadena Society of Artists 95th Annual Juried Exhibition

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Crossing Together Michael Childs

Purpleheart Top/Padouk Legs/Oil Finish 30" x 42" x 13.5" $2500 I have been building one thing or another since I was five, over 70 years or so. In 2005, I decided to build furniture of my own design that could fit in my truck, making them easier to transport and show. My ambition was to design pieces that had never been seen before. I decided to design a table with a minimum of structure. Every table I had ever seen had a perpendicular support system, either legs or a pedestal. Why not extend the legs from one corner to another, cantilevered, as long as four feet remained on the ground? What would happen? The result was a table that appeared to be walking. Then I experimented with six legs walking around the perimeter of the table top, or making the table “walk” sideways. When I saw a flat piece of highly figured purpleheart, I decided to do just that: make a serene flat surface that accentuated the wood while placing the legs in a wild dance, thus “Crossing Together.”

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