Map Cabinet by Courtney Skott
The Map Cabinet has its origin in my ongoing interest in the aesthetic forms of honeycombs and corrugations, and how those forms are being used in new textiles, constructions and technologies. Courtney Skott designed cabinet to appears as a sliced section of a larger corrugated structure, and functions as one too – the structural integrity of the piece relies not on glue, but rather on the compression of bent plywood pieces slotted into a frame.
My work evinces the hand-made feel and detailing of studio furniture while maintaining a strong aesthetic relationship with the contemporary design world. I draw from diverse sources of inspiration such as industrial processes, antique forms, traditional textiles and new technology to create multi-layered, conceptual work that is beautiful and ornamental but above all functional.
