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Show, Display, & Sample Sale! Link in bio. I’m looking to make some room in the shop and storage for new work this spring ahead of shows. The work in this sale has all either been in a show, on loan for display, produced as a sample, or is the first of it’s kind for the design.
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With a mind of a wood tuner, Andrew Finnigan handcrafts bespoke furniture with an emphasis on thoughtful design. Andrew Finnigan was introduced to the world of furniture-making through the focused lens of woodturning—a unique form of woodworking where shaped objects are created on a lathe.
Apr 26, 2018 · Andrew Finnigan, from Simonside, South Shields , had come dressed for the occasion in flat cap, lace-up boots and flannel shorts. Not the 21-year-old’s usual attire but a foretaste of My Uncle...
- A Meandering Path
- The Pommel Cut Explored
- A Study in Shape and Relationship
- The Pommel Evolution
- A Fresh Foot Leads The Way
I find the particulars of designing and making new work to be a moving target. Rarely, a well-formed idea will present itself. Quick sketches will lead to a plan, a plan to a prototype, and a prototype to a finished product and debut. More often, however, the process is much less linear. I’ll struggle to work through mock-ups and scale models to ge...
We’re likely all familiar with how a large group of turnings that incorporate the pommel cut appear; most any staircase with turned spindles would be a fine example. Some even contain pommel variations within their patterns. But how does a group of pommel cuts present in closer proximity? How can this detail be used outside its usual context? How c...
Designing this table was a way for me to more formally study the interactions of disks and to challenge myself mentally. I fitted disks of various sizes into one another, the interactions between them technically the same—always an arch of one circle cutting through at least one other. The interest for me in this design was in how the details came ...
I wanted to see if I could expand the Pommel Table geometrically, not limiting myself to a square or rectangular form. After many sketches, models, and mock-ups, I was left with an array of unsatisfactory results. I couldn’t manage to merge rectangular components with hard-edged pommel cut lines with other, softer-edged shapes naturally. The detail...
The Bourrée Series, named for a ballet step, began as a search for a soft-edged design that would work well with various color treatments and surface textures. As I worked through the concept and built models, the results kept boring me. Cigar-shape legs felt too bulky and cumbersome, as did cylinders. Tapered legs led to a visual lightness that di...
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Andrew Finnigan in Drip. Photo: John Moore. Hi Tom, I'm a massive fan of your work! In particular you celebrate working class lives and LGBTQ people and those who feel isolated. What was the inspiration behind Drip?
