Carpenters Workshop Gallery is showcasing some of the best works by Maarten Baas, Nacho Carbonell, Wendell Castle, Vincenzo De Cotiis, Vincent Dubourg, Vladimir Kagan, Mathieu Lehanneur, Wonmin Park, Studio Drift, Studio Job, and Charles Trevelyan at TEFAF New York Spring.Maarten Baas, a Dutch designer is known for his rebellious, playful, intellectual, theatrical, and artistic style. He occupies a unique position in the design field in that he participates in such a wide variety of areas, including conceptual design, installations, public spaces, theater design, and performance. Since 2005, Baas has collaborated with production partner Bas den Herder.Carbonell is known for his tactile approach to sculpture that plays with textures, experimental techniques, and natural materials. “I like to see objects as living organisms, imagine them coming alive and being able to surprise you with their behavior. I want to create objects with my hands; then I can give them my personality. I turn them into communicative objects that can arouse one’s feelings and imagination,” says Nacho Carbonell.Often credited as the founding father of the American Arts and Crafts movement, Wendell Castle has redefined sculpture and design by seamlessly merging the two into one discipline. He creates unique pieces that blur the distinction between design and sculpture. Castle’s organic and whimsical approach to sculpture incorporates his own invented technique of carving into stacked laminated wood known as lamination.Under the Progetto Domestico label, Vincenzo De Cotiis designs and produces one off and limited-edition pieces that also incorporate recycled and reclaimed materials. Highly collectable, the work is sold through his gallery in Milan and exhibited at leading global design fairs, including Design Miami/Basel, PAD London, Dubai Design Week, and the Art Paris Art Fair.Dubourg’s mastery lies in fusing the crafts of glassblowing, wood-bending, and metal-casting to bring simple forms to life. In “Napoleon A Trointette,” the solid form of a bureau is harmoniously combined with the graceful curves of bronze branches.Vladimir Kagan created his designs with upholstery, wrought iron, cast aluminum, and especially organically sculpted wood in works that became hallmarks of his career. Today, connoisseurs and museums avidly collect his designs, and he has been awarded numerous prizes.Lehanneur’s designs are inspired by nature but incorporates new technologies in them. He crosses borders by combining design, science, technology, and art in projects that aim to achieve maximum welfare for human beings.The use of resin and metal gives visual appeal to Wonmin Park’s design. He use of these chosen materials produces a surreal, dream-like quality reminiscent of seeing something without fixed contours, bound together by light and air.Studio Job is a joint venture of Job Smeets and Nynke Tynagel. A good 25 different crafts are practiced at Studio Job and the results range from a royal stamp featuring the Dutch king Willem-Alexander (forty million stamps produced) to unique life-sized bronze sculptures installed in Miami Beach.Studio Drift is an artists’ studio founded in 2006 by Ralph Nauta and Lonneke Gordijn that explores the relationship between nature, technology, and mankind. The studio’s philosophy is based on creating a dialogue between opposites. Its work comes to life via ongoing collaboration with scientists, university research facilities, computer programmers, and engineers.Charles Trevelyan’s work shows the full range of possibilities of this process with their spectrum of colors and textures. In his series of side tables and human-size lamps, each piece boasts bold, elongated forms, and expressive lines, reminiscent of trees and roots, influenced by natural characteristics.The TEFAF NEW-YORK 2018 will run through May 8, 2018 at TEFAF NEW-YORK, Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065- USA.For details about the gallery, visit: http://www.carpentersworkshopgallery.com/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.       http://www.blouinartinfo.com/                                              Founder Louise Blouin  Read more