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[ Well-made objects crafted with a clarity of purpose are never out of date and always welcome improvisation. ]
 WINDWARD COLLECTION:
joinery as ornamentation
We strive to create forms that are pleasing in themselves—forms that achieve grace through
proportion and simplicity, rather than embellishment. The ornamentation in our work derives from the exposed architecture of the furniture, such as the hierarchy created in our Windward pieces by the division of space between vertical and horizontal lines.
Limited to available wood in short lengths, Asian craftsmen became masters of geometric patterns. The geometry of each Windward sofa back requires 26 separate pieces and 42 precisely fitted mortise-and-tenon joints. The weight-bearing bottom rails, which span the full length of the piece, are strengthened by vertical stiles that serve as I-beams while maintaining visual continuity. |
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