DELIA

A customer who bought the River Reed bed sent me this picture. I love how the bed looks so comfortable.

As I posted earlier, Delia has found a good man to do concrete. Here is a set of chairs and cafe table with concrete tops. The concrete is stained. The metal is painted. Once we get them into production they will be powder coated. Not bad for the second try.

With two shades curtesy of Anthropologie a new lamp goes for sale in the showroom. Lighting, like glass, always just looks good.

What I did on the first morning of summer by Chris Cardy.

Open up the showroom and let in the masses. (that’s a bit of a joke)

Fuel up for the day. We put in $10,000 worth of electrical upgrades into this building but I doubt if anything would really go if it wasnt for that $20 coffee pot and microwave.

Quick photo to document a new lamp design. Its going to a display at a local bank in the afternoon.

New garden pieces. Delia made the bases. Local concrete champion Quinn put in the concrete. Waiting for coloring and sealer. Spiffy.

Unload last night’s batch of Dingles from the kiln.

The Dingles. Probably have to reglaze and fire again. Tiny abacus pieces need more sparkle.

Jeff, shop commander, is laying out the top for a custom bathroom vanity. Going to look dynamite. Customer is tiling top and adding gorgeous glass sink.

The model for a table base I swear I’m going to finish this week. Maybe Monday.

Where the h*ll are the shipping guys?! Time to go find some workers.

Til Next time.

Delia

Local Delia fans know that we make lots of fun things for the yard. Many of them from scrap and recycled materials. These flower shaped plates are the left overs from a large run of display bases for a pen company. Waste not, want not.

One of the great liberations with the showroom is getting to make things regardless of their ability to ship. Nothing says “BREAK ME” like a big piece of mirror. But these get gently hand loaded into some nice person’s car and safely mounted in the home.

I’ve wanted for a long time to incorporate handmade wood legs with our steel tables. Here is the very first effort. The two materials look so good together that many more things are to come.

The bench is made from steel. The seat is a two inch layer of tinted concrete. Very affordable. Very durable. Stay tune for more.

The previous screen printed top tables we have made have a base with a frame. This is time consuming. Here is a base without a frame. The wood top is thicker and beveled. The edge of the wood is exposed. Nice little occasional table.

As local fans of Delia know, we have a showroom. It does all kinds of things like hold the prototypes, work as a design space and as with this Saturday, hosts a fun sale for Delia and hand painted furniture by Lucia Johnson. Since we took the trouble of sweeping up I thought it was a good time to take some pictures.

This table top is made from valuable shipping crate pine.

A table top made of individual hand cut glass tiles. very time intensive.

free form base with walnut top

sticks and tendrils

coat rack, nest lamp and twig mirror

wood top table with dingles below

i spy steel, wood, glass and ceramic

copper top table and a little side table