Colour Study Tables by Rupert Blanchard / Bauhaus at the Barbican

i've just delivered a fresh batch of Colour Study Tables to the Barbican, get em' while its hot.

New Furniture 2012 (part 2)

LDC001

 Above: Made from drawers that were all found abandoned on their own but would have once belonged to a dressing table, a desk, a homemade fitted wardrobe, a science lab desk drawer, a haberdashery cabinet, a painted kitchen unit, an antique chest of drawers. Plywood and steel framework. Currently on show at Elemental.

LDC002

 Above: Made from odd drawers found across the UK that would have once belonged to a fitted wardrobe (wooden framed glass door), a singer sewing machine tool drawer, a dressing table drawer, a fitted wardrobe drawer, a pair of art deco sideboard drawers, a single sideboard drawer and 70s teak sideboard drawer. Currently on show at Elemental.

TBC003

A tall cabinet made of high density recycled board normally used in the construction of flat roofs. Housing a collection of 12 vintage Heinz and Campbells cardboard boxes collected from car boot sales and house clearances. Currently on show at Objects for Use.

More coming soon...

Colour Study Tables

Available now at the Barbican gallery shop

bauhaus factory now open (colour study tables)

 this week, i've been mostly making my new 'Colour Study Tables' with the help of Gareth (below).

i have designed and made them to accompany the new Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican - look out for them in the gallery shop when you visit the show

 the top surfaces are made in Shoreditch from scrap reclaimed wood salvaged around East London, the steel bases are made in Bethnal Green and when finished the tables are delivered by hand to the Barbican (shop local)

 below: the finished set

 they are available now to order from the Barbican gallery shop and can be collected from the shop or from my Shoreditch workshop

thank you to Rob at Wilco, Gareth Powell, Momoko, Jackson Lam at Hato Press and the Barbican for your help with this project.

find out more about the Bauhaus exhibition here

New Furniture 2012 (Part 1) : Gas Station Cabinets

- ESC025 -

 I've been making a lot of new furniture this year, keep watching the blog over the next few days to view some new work...
These two pieces (ESC025 / ESC024) sideboard/locker units are made with plywood, steel and vintage gas station numbers.
The salvaged plywood was reclaimed from a building site in London where it was used as hoarding for years. It has been refinished and waxed and sits on a lacquered raw steel box section base. The doors are made from sections of vintage American gas station number signs. The doors are fitted with push-catches rather than handles. Both cabinets are built to the same size but carry different numbers.

Above: ESC025 '4872' private collection

Below: ESC024  '4318' Available now at Elemental here  private collection

- ESC024 -

more new work coming soon...

Bauhaus at the Barbican - Colour Study Tables by Rupert Blanchard

Last year i made a series of reclaimed wood & steel side tables/cabinets to accompany and inspired by the Gordon Matta-Clark exhibition at the Barbican. To follow on from this and to celebrate the new Bauhaus exhibition that opens soon, I have made a new set of 'Colour Study Tables' that will be available exclusively from the gallery shop for the duration of the show. more details and pictures coming soon...