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Tom Emerson, Woven Metal Chair with German Leather Cushion

Tom Emerson, Woven Metal Chair with German Leather Cushion Santa Fe artist Tom Emerson is known primarily for creating contemporary furniture from found metals, with chairs being his most recognized form. "This furniture I make is meant to be a surprise. If I can surprise myself, I feel assured that surprise will continue in the viewer. First, I find the material. My eyes tell me of the surprise in this first instance. I see the unusual color or the patina or the shape. I follow the surprise of this discovery with a gentle coaxing of design. I "see" the finished piece; it always comes as a surprise ending. Suddenly it is there. The labor of execution is the last persistent interpreter of surprise. The structure has its own demands and usually offers the best method of expressing the minutiae of design. These little surprises of completion are the same as the first surprises of discovery. There is one thing manifesting. The mystery from beginning to end is the same." - Shiprock Santa Fe, Tom Emerson of the Moment, January 11, 2018