KATE CASEY Kate Casey is a furniture designer specialized in woodworking. She is the founder of Peg Woodworking, a business created in 2014 based in Brooklyn, New York that adopts a contemporary style to traditional design. Her work pays tribute to the intricate weave patterns found in Shaker and Scandinavian designs. How did you learn to sculpt? I went to undergrad at Massachusetts College of Art. I was technically a printmaking major but would often create objects out of my prints. I felt I could think better when I did it in 3D. After school, I worked as a fabrication assistant for a sculptor and learned more working alongside artists with all different skill sets. My favourite educational experience was when I went to the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship to take an intensive furniture class. At the time I felt I had done things a bit backwards, the formal and concept-based learning before the ‘how to build’ learning. But I realized it gave me a better visual understanding of an object that I might have missed if I learned the technical skills first. Bastet Stool
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