
Onion Ascending — Tripod Lamp
Ash, Thread, Wire, Onion Skins / 2020 18"×12"×10.5"A lamp that use onion skins to diffuse light. The outer layer is suspended by a single thread, allowing it to spin freely with the slightest movement of air

- About
Conor Keeling is a Chicago based artist, designer and maker. He creates sculptural objects and furniture that encourage curiosity and care. His pieces are often experimental and incorporate bent-wood and stack lamination to produce organic forms.
Conor received a BFA in product design from Columbia College Chicago in 2017. After a few years working as a fabricator, he started working independently out of a shared studio space in 2019, where he develops custom furniture and objects. Recently, Conor began teaching woodworking classes at CIADC.
“My work is informed by a passion for understanding the natural world and our connection with it. I strive to make things that feel as if they continue to live and grow; as if they spontaneously came into existence through a will of their own. I think this impulse is why I was drawn to woodworking, because wood itself is a natural material that truly never ceases to be alive. In a subtle way, it is always in motion. I always try to capture this dynamic quality.”
- Region
- Chicago, IL
- Website
- www.conorkeeling.com
- Media
- Wood
- Professional Status
- Furniture / object designer
- Status
- Member until Feb 25, 2022
Portfolio


Phase Change
White Oak, Ash, Glass, Metal, Stone / 2019 12"×18"×4"A magnifier that integrates its focal point. It amplifies your ability to use the glass for its two primary functions: to concentrate light or to enlarge an image. For fire and sight. Control its orientation by shifting the stone along the arch.


Dicot Lounge Chair
red oak / 2020 38"×24"×36A 3 piece lounge chair constructed using stack lamination and shaped by hand and power carving. The form has the expressive quality of a pair of emerging seed leaves (dicotyledon). It is designed to appear to be rising to meet you; to invite and envelope.


Domestic Magnifier
Red Oak / 2018 18"×22"×5.5"A contemporary Reliquary. A platform for personally sacred objects used to magnify your awareness of whatever your place within the arch. Bentwood Laminated arch, hand carved tray.


Onion Ascending - Tripod Lamp
Ash, Thread, Wire, Onion Skins / 2020 18"×12"×10.5"A lamp that use onion skins to diffuse light. The outer layer is suspended by a single thread, allowing it to spin freely with the slightest movement of air