Have you ever met an artist that works with copper? Meet TJ Volonis – a talented Brooklyn-based artist constructing astounding furniture and wall art pieces using copper tubes. His description helps us understand his intuition that results in so many delicately designed, strongly built pieces: “My work focuses on the dependent relationship between the whole and the segment and the fragile balance between order and disorder. In particular I work with patterns–portraying them simply and in their entirety, or through the prism of a larger pattern.” His passion for this versatile material was transposed in numerous furniture items, like an amazing dining table two meters long.
How did you start in this business?
Did you always work with copper or experienced other materials as well?
What qualities of the material made you choose to work with copper?
How many hours go into creating a functional art piece?
Where do you find inspiration for creating your beautiful "order meets chaos" works?
Please guide Freshome readers through the creative process taking you from idea to finished product – how do you work?
You capture a beautiful color of the material – why do you prefer it to, let’s say, shiny copper?
Seems that you divide the work into functional and decorative objects – which of these is more challenging and rewarding and why?
What have you learned from working with copper tubing?
You are a self-taught artist. How much time do you spend researching your line of work?
What was the oddest request you had to deal with?
Via: How Copper Tubing Can Be Transformed Into Spectacular Furniture And Art
