
“20/20”
Locally naturally downed walnut (Juglans nigra) book-matched boards, RichliteBlack Diamond made from 100% recycled FSA grade paper, Imitation Gold Leaf, Oil Sizing, and traditional natural resin oil varnish. / 2017 H 19 in. × W 68 in. × D 17.75 in.We designed this table to be extremely functional while maximizing the beauty that these two walnut boards pose, placing them in a non-typical book matched orientation.

- About
I graduated in 1978 with a Fine Arts degree specializing in both gallery oriented sculptural wood furniture and Tonalism and Abstracted Impressionism inspired paintings. In those early years of collegiate study, my influences were the works of Wendell Castle, George Nakashima, James Krenov, Jack Rodgers Hopkins, Josef Albers, Mark Rothko, Walter Launt Palmer, and J.M.W. Turner. For the last 30 years, I have been a wooden artifacts conservator with additional training and experience in the fields of consulting, personal property evaluation and valuation, lecturing, and teaching. I have preserved, studied, researched, lectured on, and taught courses on the artistic styles and regions of furniture production which governed the craftsmen working from the 15th through the 20th centuries. My accumulated design and craft knowledge combined with my fine arts background, traditional joinery skills, and a desire to follow “Leed Building Practices”, “Green Practices”, and “Best Practices” has led us to produce our current lines and individual designs. The use of “old stock” small fragments, and wood from naturally downed trees is very important in our production as well as to utilize the naturally occurring figure and grain characteristics of the wood including what would have been considered non-usable portion of the tree such as the sapwood, areas of defects, etc. in the layout and production. We also use sustainable, recycled, and environmentally friendly adhesives and finishing products. Our company, MOSART, displays current furniture items in our portfolio. And, our sister company works with conservation of historic furniture. Our websites can be found on http://www.schuettinger.com and http://www.mosartfurniture.com.com.
- Region
- Thurmont, MD
- Website
- www.mosartfurniture.com
- Media
- Wood
- Professional Status
- Artist
Portfolio

"Stormy Seas"
Figured Hard Maple / 2017 H 25.5 in. × W 26 in. × D 38 in.We designed the base of the table to be an abstract sculpture painted to simulate the beautiful ocean waters and to accentuate the natural figured, almost turbulent “Stormy”, live edge maple slab; all while creating a functional piece of art furniture.

"Abstract Organic Expressionism"
Locally, naturally downed, walnut (Juglans nigra) solids and custom sawed veneer from both the downed tree as well as nearly 30 years of collecting typical non-usable highly figured pieces of walnut. / 2014 Coffee table: 61” length, 22” width, 20” tall; End tables: 30” length, 22 1/4” width, 24” tall.We designed this matching 3‑piece-set as a group and express unity within them in their use of book matched 1/8″ cut walnut veneers arranged in an organically inspired pattern. The live edge of the veneer was extended into the carving of the edges and legs.

Monolithus Capsicum
Designer “Graphite” white oak, 33 different species and figure of wood from over 15 countries / 2017 Length 24” × Width 21” × Height 22”We designed the pedestal form angular occasional tables to be functional pieces of fine art that work that embody the works of Abstract sculptors practicing during the minimalist period to include Tony Smith and David Smith.

"DeStijl Intersections"

"Angular Tension"
mahogany, mahogany veneer , Richlite Black Diamond made from 100% FSA certified recycled paper, MDO, custom priming and ground layers, 23 karate, 23 karat red, 22 karat surface, 22 karat deep, 22 karat French Pale, 22 Karat Moon, 18 karat lemon, palladium, silver, aluminum, faux gold Italian, faux gold variegated, / 2018 Side to Side 36”, Front to Back 18”, Height 29.25”Meticulous craftsmanship was used in all aspects of the pieces design and construction to include; hand cut dovetails for case and drawers, hand cut mortise and tenon joints for the case’s frame and panel systems.

"Counter Balance"
Abalone,Richlite, Sterling Silver and naturaly colored woods for inlays and veneer and Silver and gold leaf for various elements. / 2017 Diameter 24: Height 28.75We created this occasional table first and foremost to be a well-crafted table with a distinctly sculptural sence of interplay between the rectilinear support elements and the juxtaposition curvilinear horizontal elements.

"In Support of the Gift of the tree"

In Honor of Mondrian

"20/20"
Locally naturally downed walnut (Juglans nigra) book-matched boards, RichliteBlack Diamond made from 100% recycled FSA grade paper, Imitation Gold Leaf, Oil Sizing, and traditional natural resin oil varnish. / 2017 H 19 in. × W 68 in. × D 17.75 in.We designed this table to be extremely functional while maximizing the beauty that these two walnut boards pose, placing them in a non-typical book matched orientation.

"A Coming Together"
54 different species and figure of wood from over 20 countries. H 29.75 in. × W 48 in. × D 92 in.We designed the dining table to be a very functional piece of art work with its decoration commemorating the Neo-Plasticism Movement and a sub movement arising out of Holland in the 1918 time period known as De Stijl.

"Pieces"
44 different species and figured grain patterns / 2015 H 30.5 in. × W 66 in. × D 21.5 in.We designed Pieces to be a very functional case piece that is constructed to the highest standards of furniture making seen in the 18th and 19th centuries resembling the work of the Gillow’s firm of Lancaster and London.

"Convergence"
All old stock domestic and imported woods, Richlite Black Diamond made from 100% FSA certified recycled paper, Plyboo, Birch veneer plywood, Macassar Ebony, Vermillion, quilted Makore, pure silver leaf, oil sizing, rare earth magnets. 40.5” diameter and 30.5” high.We designed this table to function as a center table while creating an Abstract Expressionistic sculpture reminiscent of the works of Mark di Suvero and David Smith as well as some of the paintings of William di Koonig.