The SOLID Table by Greg Gehner
Greg Gehner, the owner of Transit Forge, a metalworking studio in northwestern Pennsylvania, has created the SOLID Table.
Greg says:
Often, I apply my aesthetic to a found or acquired piece of raw material to suit a function, in this case, furniture. The SOLID table started with the top, which was formed from a large piece of industrial c-channel steel reclaimed from a scrap yard. The focus of my design was mass and structural lines with an emphasis on connections.
The SOLID Table can be viewed at the NICHE Awards Display at the Buyers Market of American Craft, February 12-15th, 2010 in Philadelphia.
Visit the Transit Forge website – here.
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Jeff on 06 Jan 2010 at 5:43 am #
Yes. Yes. Yes.
I think it’s great.
Randall Kirk on 06 Jan 2010 at 7:38 am #
I love the industrial look, so chunky and raw.
Excellent!
F-J on 06 Jan 2010 at 7:44 pm #
The “table top”, a piece of industrial c-channel steel is a great choice and medium to work with. The edges have been chamfered/radiused, showing off its form!
But…the legs and mounts just don’t work (from an atheistic point of view).
The round bar, bolts/rivets and competing color to the top, kills the beauty of the die formed c-channel shape.
Polishing the edges of the top would crisp it up; cutting legs from the same material but in a narrower dimension/scale with “blueing or darkening”, mounting it underneath; would draw ones attention to the beauty of the top. Just my opinion though.
Eric Gockel on 06 Jan 2010 at 8:58 pm #
its hard to get a sense of scale from these photos? Obviously this isn’t a dining room table either..
margo on 07 Jan 2010 at 3:07 pm #
Eric: http://transitforge.com/work/157/solid-table
Dave on 08 Jan 2010 at 5:07 am #
“But…the legs and mounts just don’t work (from an atheistic point of view).”
What does atheism have to do with this table?
I like the contrast between the solid and mostly straight lines of the top and the lighter, airier feel of the legs.
F-J on 08 Jan 2010 at 12:34 pm #
Correction… aesthetics.
I stand by my opinion. The contemporary feel of the top is not done justice with bolting on round-bar. How about forging some nice legs that would compliment the top.
The structure of the legs do give an airy feel but there is no harmony with the piece.
(Plus the measurement and placement of the left bolt/rivet place is off; pic. two).
Now Greg’s “SPRUNG sideboard table” works!
Bayu on 06 Jul 2010 at 11:03 pm #
Design a simple, but very useful. used very strong material … These ideas helped me in thinking …. thanks