![Group, Memeber](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258317/20231117_Miller_ETL_024_fc1e2c4d96.jpg 1565w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258317/20231117_Miller_ETL_024_eb089b3ad2.jpg 725w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258317/20231117_Miller_ETL_024_df8686b8af.jpg 320w)
Group, Memeber
Maple / 2024 36×21×22Part of a larger piece this is one of a series of chairs arranged in a circle, the chairs progressively burned. This member was located at the 12 o’clock position.
- About
Rochester, New York transplant Naomi Miller designs furniture and sculptural objects. She is a graduate of the in Furniture Design program at Rochester Institute of Technology. Having taken a non-traditional path to this point Naomi has spent most of her career as a Properties Artisan building furniture at theaters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Most notably the Pittsburgh Public theater and Pittsburg’s City Theater. This path has allowed her to develop a strong sense of how furniture as objects inform the character of a space. As well as how the form of an object effects how we communicate about and with each other. Naomi received her bachelor’s degree in theater from St. Michelle’s college in Burlington Vermont, she was born in Farmington Maine and currently lives in Rochester with Her wife and dog pollywog.
- Region
- Rochester, NY
- Media
- Wood, furniture, sculpture
- Professional Status
- Freelance
Portfolio
![Impacts](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258311/IMG_7787-edit_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258311/IMG_7787-edit_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Impacts
Maple / 2023 34×22×22play with hot glass.
Reliquary for Persephone
Walnut, White Oak, Cherry / 2021 28×30×19A personal reliquary for a beloved pet. It was inspired by river stones and marking cairns.
![Stool](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258310/IMG_7784-edit_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258310/IMG_7784-edit_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Stool
Ash / 2024 26×18×18![Group, Memeber](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258317/20231117_Miller_ETL_024_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258317/20231117_Miller_ETL_024_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Group, Memeber
Maple / 2024 36×21×22Part of a larger piece this is one of a series of chairs arranged in a circle, the chairs progressively burned. This member was located at the 12 o’clock position.
![Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark Dysphoria](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258314/Naomi-Miller-Dysphoria_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258314/Naomi-Miller-Dysphoria_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Dysphoria
Oak, Maple, Mirror / 2024 21”×23”×75”This is a piece where i examine the idea of gender dysphoria as a representational object.
![Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark Assigned At Birth](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258316/20231117_Miller_ETL_033_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258316/20231117_Miller_ETL_033_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Assigned At Birth
Maple, Mirror / 2024who are we? how do other peoples perception of us shape how we see ourselves?
![Process 4](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258313/IMG_7043_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258313/IMG_7043_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Process 4
Maple, Fire / 2023A process shot for the piece “Group”
![Alex Jarus Lamp](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148295/Naomi-Candle-Lamp-1_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148295/Naomi-Candle-Lamp-1_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Lamp
Butternut, glass, / 2022 36×6×1utilizing hot glass, to burn butternut this piece was the beginning of some of my work to use hot shop glass to mark wood.
![Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark "What are you looking at ugly?"](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258315/Naomi-Miller-What-are-you-looking-at-ugly_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258315/Naomi-Miller-What-are-you-looking-at-ugly_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
"What are you looking at ugly?"
Maple, Mirror / 2024 15”×1”×48A part of my graduate thesis exhibition, this piece was inspired by an interaction i had with a woman in a grocery store. In the permanent collection of Rocester Institute of Technology’s Library.
![Alex Jarus Flare Chair](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148293/Naomi-Solar-Flare-Chair-2_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148293/Naomi-Solar-Flare-Chair-2_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Flare Chair
Ash, Milk paint / 2022 30×28×15A seating object inspired by solar flares, this piece was an entrance into bent forms.
![Two Brides Bench](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148296/IMG_7305_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148296/IMG_7305_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Two Brides Bench
White Oak, Yellow Cedar / 2021 28×67×56A celebration of connection and the process of ageing together.
![Alex Jerus Flare Chair](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258312/Naomi-Solar-Flare-Chair-3-of-36_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/258312/Naomi-Solar-Flare-Chair-3-of-36_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Flare Chair
Ash, Milk paint / 2023 30×28×15![Alex Jarus We are all running out of something](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148294/Naomi_Running-Out-Of-Something-re_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/naomi-miller/148294/Naomi_Running-Out-Of-Something-re_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
We are all running out of something
Maple, Glass, copper wire, water / 2022 40×36×36A kinetic sculpture utilizing glass and water, this piece is an exploration of time and attention.