Niz and I got married in a small family ceremony about 4 months ago. Besides the fact that this was our wedding day, part of what made the ceremony so great was the location.
We were lucky enough to meet local artist Eddith Buis a few months earlier, at the same time we were searching for a unique wedding location. She graciously offered her cozy, contemporary sculpture garden to us for the ceremony. The backdrop of stone sculptures, colorful artwork and the ultra-modern design of her midtown home (designed by Eddy Santamaria of Omaha firm
Contrivium) turned out to be the perfect place for us. The door you can see in the background of the photo on the left (taken by Kevin Jones) is my favorite part of the exterior, and was locally made by John Burger of Council Bluffs.
As a thank you to Eddith, I've designed a pair of cherry barstools that I'm honored will be positioned amongst some pretty amazing art and design in her house.
The two low res pictures here show one of the bar stools mostly dry fit together. The 5 thin pieces along the back are bent at a shallow angle and form a single back leg. The 4 shorter bars running laterally on the underside serve as both supports for the back legs and a sort of shelf. Both stools are 14" wide x 30" tall by 16" deep. Ultimately, they'll be lightly stained to match some existing interior cherry pieces in Eddith's home. But before I get to that, I need to finish framing up the seat and do a little (ugh) sanding. It also looks like I need to remember to bring a better camera to my studio next time.
Since the previous post I finished the second chair in the pair, and stained and finished them both. For the stain I used a combination of cherry stain, color reducer and a darker walnut stain in an attempt to match some of Eddith's existing handmade furniture. I haven't delivered the stools yet to see how closely they match, so I'll keep my fingers crossed until next week.
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