Andrew Muggleton - Furniture Series
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Andrew Muggleton is a contemporary furniture designer working in Mystic, Connecticut. He designs and creates innovative, high quality modern furniture by bending and shaping exotic woods and blending other materials such as metal and glass to achieve the desired concept. The method of making curved furniture is a complex process, which has been practiced for centuries. A shaped mould and a vacuum press are used. Many thin layers of wood are joined together, placed on the mould and inserted into a vacuum press. The vacuum press shrinks itself around the mould, contorting the wood over the new shape. The press delivers a cumulative pressure of almost 4 tons, over the new design. Keeping the design simple is one of his hardest and most rewarding challenges. It is the desire for simplicity, which helps Andrew avoid the common trap of filling empty space with unnecessary clutter.
