Veneer Art, Marquetry Furniture and Design
by Paul Schurch and Wesly Johnson Dragon scales inspired this wearable wooden dress. It is made of lacquered oak veneer, a wood valued for its strength and resiliency, found from the building of old sailing ships to production furniture and wood flooring that is made today. Such a dress challenges the assumption of oak as […]
The Wooden Dress project has evolved from designs we have been creating since 2010. This koa dress has thin Hawaiian Koa veneer laminated onto cloth, creating a wood surface that is supple and soft to the touch, yet strong enough not to crack or buckle with body movement. It stretches with a back harness hinging […]
This formal dress is created with naturally figured maple veneer and bamboo fabric, and has a mermaid type appearance. The veneer harness is sewn onto the bamboo fabric and supports 1300 lacquered wood scales allowing it a free range of motion, flexible enough to sit in, comfortable to wear, and shows off the reflective chatoyance […]
A wearable wooden dress and shoes made Zebrawood, rosewood, hemp/silk and brass. The top is flexible enough to conform to the body comfortably, and taken on and off easily. The silk lacing is secured with a turned bead made of zebrawood and brass, and the lashing system through rosewood/brass ‘fairleads’ allows for good movement of the […]