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Jacque Allen
Little Red Chest
Painted basswood with rebar support structure
Jacque Allen’s career began as a silk-screen artist in 1980. Over the course of 15 years, her screen-printing grew into clothing manufacturing and then, trading soft, natural fabric for hard, natural material, Jacque turned to furniture. To conceive an idea for a piece of furniture on the drawing board, select rough sawn wood, joint, plane, cut, and finish this natural material into a beautiful and useful object is like no other experience she has had as an artist. When she designs a piece of furniture, she thinks of the end use it will have and where it will live. The design also incorporates her ideas and perceptions about the people who will use the finished product. These thoughts are what give her the creative energy to design and craft a piece of furniture.
