Greg Klassen is a furniture maker in the
Pacific Northwest who catches motivation in its landscape and
translates that into his work. His beautiful River Collection is a
series of intricately designed and handcrafted tables that feature
embedded bluish-green glass “rivers” running throughout each piece. The
lovely jagged edges of the wood and their clear grains offer the perfect
“shore” to mimic bodies of water.
Each
of Klassen’s tables showcases stunning details within the wood; we
grasp knots, swirling grains, and other imperfections that make his
tedious work truly one-of-a-kind. It’s complemented by the specially-cut
glass that attaches two separate pieces of wood or fills in its natural
holes. Greg Klassen used trees that were sustainably harvested from the
banks of the Noonsack River, so with every new table he made; discarded
trees have a natural new life through his functional art.
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