There’s a discreet autonomy in making things with one’s own hands that teeters on self-reliant rebellion. Carpentry worked it’s way into my life two decade ago with the solace of a necessity met. I apprehended some of its tools from my sailboat-making father while others were consolidated in the lone labyrinths of my errors and trials.
At the intersection of where a profession is forged and chance has its way, I found 25 acres of wooded mountain refuge in NY State from where much of the timber used in my furniture originates. My time is divided between this burgeoning homestead and the river-ward neighborhoods of Philadelphia.
I am sometimes vexed by the culture of excess, sometimes baffled by a throwaway consumerism where so much seems designed to soon fill a landfill. I try to make furniture that will last generations rather than months or years. I strive to design & build furniture & cabinetry in a style that will outlast the present trend & fads. I appreciate local culture & economy where labor & resources remain close to their origin and creator. I like to use wood species and lumber which is sustainably harvested if not cut down myself from my small farm in the northwest Catskills foothills of central NY. Welcome to Tableau Carpentry, all pieces are built by myself, DP Ferry, in my shop, no labor or assembly is contracted or outsourced.