Desert Fence Posts-steel table

I made this table with ceramic artist, Christina Devine, in around 2007 or 2008. She Made the tile top and I made the rest out of steel. This beautiful table is a perfect example of how found material can be incorporated into furniture. The thing that really attracted us about this common fence post that I used to form parts of the legs and skirt of this piece, was the green color of it, as well as the lugs running in a raised border through the center of the post. These qualities are given emphasis and enhanced by their placement in combination with other complementary metal elements. The green color was sacrificed on the legs in order to obtain a more mellow bronze-like luster. This table base has a lovely, dark glow to it that is set off by the colors of the tile top. The green of the metal border, with it’s repeating pattern, accords with the large green tile and it’s series of raised dots which is found above. The reddish brown of the metal harmonizes with the different browns and off-whites of the tile. This play between color and material is continued on a metaphorical level in the relationship of the tile and the metal.

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Dimensions: L-31” x W-17” x H-18”