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Alan Gordon Fine Arts & Illustration
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| Furniture: Recycled, Reclaimed and Artistically modified furniture |
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"The greatest danger is not that our hopes are too high and we fail to reach them, it's that our hopes are too low- and we do." -Michelangelo |
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My wife Chris and I are always looking for ways to reclaim, recycle, and artistically modify furniture and other household items. This is not refinishing furniture, this is making a centerpiece for discussion, and enjoying expression and art in a home. This can be fairly inexpensive, we can take any boring peice of furniture and make it fun and lively. You can have an animal print snuggie that means nothing, or you can have a handmade quilt from old clothing that you loved and wore for years- which means more? You can have a table from a random furniture store, or a table that people talk about through every meal. What fills your home says a lot about who you are. Do you want mass produced bland, or one of a kind items? |
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Dining Room Table: (BEFORE and AFTER) A 10 year old reclaimed Value City Dining Room table set. The table was a faux wood pattern Refinised stained newsprint tabletop, refinished edging, new dark wood chairs. (Detail pictures coming soon) |
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| Corner Work Desk: (No before pictures- imagine bad-bad old 1950's style wood) Asian color and texture scheme, new hardware. |
 
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| Miscellaneous- Headboard, Steamer Trunk, End Table, Clock: 1. Handmade Cherry headboard with light inlaid accent (this used to be twice as large, but had to be cut in half to fit up the stairs of our old house), 2. Reclaimed steamer trunk (No before pictures, this trunk was truely junk- it had to be compeletely stripped and gutted), 3. handfinished end table (this was bought raw). 4. Family Clock made from found items |
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| Handmade Quilts: These are made from old beloved t-shirts, jeans, and other articles of clothing. 1. is queen sized, 2. is smaller and appx. twin sized. And apparently from my photos they look good wrapping up bundles of unknown objects...See? Artistic AND versatile. |
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images coming soon End tables, Coffee table, Dressers, artistic door (for charity)...and more. |
