Caithness Chair
Laurence Veitch£1,460.00
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Description
“The chair that was my main influence here was historically made by crofters and people of the land. They used what they had to hand to make their furniture. I didn’t have a wind-bent tree limb or crooked driftwood. For me it was important to use what I had at my disposal, so I’ve fashioned a similar form out of lumps of oak that I’ve been hoarding, left over from other jobs. To recreate anything vernacular is an exploration into the tensions between old and new, tradition and progression. Understanding how and why things were made the way they were is an important education and perhaps we learn how to make things more effectively or efficiently in a contemporary context.” Laurence Veitch
Oxidised and stained Oak, varnish.
Caithness Chair was first shown at Bard as part of the group exhibition The Grit and The Glamour in November 2023.
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About the makerLaurence is one of our most exciting young discoveries in the field of furniture. He combines a worldly curiosity with Scottish roots; an interest in heritage and provenance with a contemporary playfulness; a marriage of the intellectual with the practical.
