About

The Studio Furniture maker, James Krenov, wrote that “we follow a band of discoveries, strung like pearls on a thread of curiosity, lending richness to our work.” We are weaving stories. For Peter Debelak, the making of a piece of furniture, or sculpture, is an intricate story. When the piece leaves our studio, it becomes part of your story.

Peter’s work in art as furniture is a blur of lines.  ﷯It is intentionally designed, yet also emerges from the dictates of the organic medium itself.  It is functional, but can aesthetically own a room.  It is visual, but asks you to touch it.

The work is animated by its reverence for the beauty of the wood itself, carefully tended through boundary-pushing experiments in technical craft, cultivated into playful imaginings.  We explore the tension between imagination and the limits of available tools.  They begin as experiments, often without a final piece in mind.  Potentially remaining unfinished explorations for long periods of time, they are then, in a flurry, combined and expanded at some future date into a whimsical whole.

The result is art - or furniture, if you must - that is more grown than built.  It speaks of more than a visual or functional object, but rather a posture toward life and work that can result from such explorations.  

We love exploring the world, in all of its stories. Peter has been an activist, a lawyer, a researcher, a teacher, and an organizer of community. Each of these, we think, are much the same work; we just use different tools.

If you are interested in any works on this site or if you would like to embark on a journey of making something specific for you, contact us to begin a process of designing your piece together.