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"I use body language and movement to give my furniture humor and personality,
with the
hope of injecting liveliness into a medium historically expected to be serious
and staid.
I see my works as a cast of characters drawn from observations of the amusing
and
occasionally foolish situations we humans find ourselves in."
Born 1954, in Denver, Colorado. Lives in Boulder, Colorado, where he operates
a woodworking studio.
Attended Colorado College, Colorado Springs (B.A. music theory 1976), and furniture
workshops
at Anderson Ranch Arts Center with Sam Maloof, Art Carpenter and Robert DeFuccio.
ABOVE: Mrs. Frump's Night Out, 1995, chest of drawers, curly ash veneer, koa,
ash, hickory, etched brass, 45 by 30 by 17 inches.
DEREK S. DAVIS
A M E R I CAN C R A F T