
helix 2.0
sycamore / 2019 16" × 38" × 13"bench featuring steam bent stretchers

- About
Kelly Parker is a designer and maker of contemporary studio furniture and sculpture. After graduating with a degree in Biochemistry she worked in the corporate world for 18 years before taking a rather circuitous route into art. In 2009 she took the plunge, shucked the safety of the corporate world and decided to make her living as a woodworker. She has taken numerous design and technique classes at Anderson Ranch Arts Center and the Marc Adams School of Woodworking.
She has a deep appreciation and reverence for wood and especially likes using reclaimed, gifted or site-harvested lumber. She designs and creates one-of-a-kind and limited production pieces in her studio in Parkville, Missouri, often incorporating other materials such as metal and glass. She also writes and teaches internationally.
- Region
- Parkville, MO
- Website
- www.woodsongstudio.com
- Media
- Wood
- Professional Status
- Maker
Portfolio

dichotomy - detail
2016redwood burl top and base, ebonized mulberry legs, acrylic dowel

triptych boxes
redwood burl, rosewood, copper leaf / 2019series of 3 small boxes, 4 – 1/4″ to 6 – 3/4″ tall, featuring pyrography texture and copper-gilded interiors.

joyous - detail
textured aluminum base

demilune - detail
ebonized sycamore bracket detail

welcome
bleached ash, cobalt blue glass dowel / 2015 41" × 16" × 5"bricklaid ash sculpture

embrace - detail
copper gilding on the inside faces of the two halves of the column.

triptych detail
pyrography texture, copper gilded ‘dots’ and rosewood pull

embrace
walnut, olive ash burl, copper leaf, copper dowel / 2013 24" × 16" × 18"nature and nurture are prominent as a stylized embrace is featured in the redbud leaf-shaped top.

helix detail

penelope cruz detail
woven back slat detail

joyous
birdseye maple, walnut, aluminum / 2014 19" × 15" × 15"contemporary side table of my ‘daisy’ design

demilune
walnut, sycamore / 2016 15" × 27" × 19"contemporary demilune featuring walnut burl top, sycamore inlay and ebonized sycamore wall bracket

wall sculpture - detail
cobalt blue glass detail

penelope cruz dining chair
ebonized ash, leather / 2017 39" × 19" × 20"contemporary dining chair with steam bent legs and back slats

dichotomy
redwood burl, mulberry, acrylic dowel / 2016 29" × 37" × 19"redwood burl top and base, ebonized mulberry legs, acrylic dowel

helix 2.0
sycamore / 2019 16" × 38" × 13"bench featuring steam bent stretchers