Skin and Bone
Maple and Leather / 2019
Learn more about Lauren
- About
Lauren Newby (she, her)
2024 Instructor at North House Folk School 2022 Open Studio Resident at Haystack Mountain School of Craft North House Folk School 2021 Craft Education Intern 2020 BFA UW-Madison Wood Furniture and Design
- Region
- Eau claire, WI
- Website
- www.laurennewby.com
- Media
- Newwoodby
- Professional Status
- Independant woodworker
Portfolio
Fallen Grain
Cherry and Enamel / 2021 22×14×6A set of cherry cabinets with door panels strung together on a dovetailed baton. The case is dovetailed with two shelves.
Skin and Bone
Maple and Leather / 2019
Rooted Box
Cedar, Pine, Spruce root / 2021 5 × 12 × 6.5"This box is inspired by the Yupik Peoples of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta in Alaska and Scandinavia. The root lashing used to hold the bend together is a spruce tree root I harvested from under a thick layer of moss in the Boreal forests of Northern Minnesota.
Lounging Postand Rung
Ash, canvas, Sheep Hide / 2023 30 × 20 × 29"Split from an ash tree, this chair uses techniques from Jenny Alexander’s “Chair from a Tree.” Designed for lounging cozied up to a sheep hide I tanned.
Cave Lights
Cherry / 2019 8"×8"×4"
Undulating
Birch and Enamel / 2022 22×14×6Inspired while teaching elementary aged children how to cut and put together coopered vessels. The door incloses a dovetailed case with an enameled door pull.