Alice Porembski
Furniture design/maker
The range for my furniture design is anchored in fine woodworking. From there the shapes follow the rules of geometry and proportion. My commission design pieces are based on a fusion of client's home environment, specific need and lifestyle. I respond to their personal history with my particular style. A partnership is formed with each piece of custom furniture.
The beauty and warmth of unique wood choices, combined with my decades of experience as a design/maker, results in a contemporary, one of a kind piece of fine woodworking.
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In my non-commission work, I explore a range of whimsy and traditional skills that offer a new twist on the sensibility of the familiar.
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The process of designing and building unique furniture is like traveling, evocative of the mysteries beyond the present. It can take you on a venture to an uncertain pathway to find out what can be discovered.
In 2019-2021 I worked with 12 artists to curate an exhibition of new work made around the theme of Benches. The genesis of curating Bench Press - Please Be Seated Please exhibition was my conviction that northern California, and Redding in particular, possesses incredible artistic potential and underrecognized talent. To drive this fact home to local audiences, I brought an idea that began in casual conversation among fellow artists into a manifestation of shared enthusiasm.
A full color printed catalog is available through me.