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Matthias Pliessnig is an acclaimed furniture designer based in Philadelphia〔Rosecrans Baldwin April 23, 2009 (Furniture Design ) The Digital Ramble New York Times blog〕 whose work uses steam bent wood. His style is "kinetically contemporary" and he uses "computer-aided curves with laborious craftsmanship" to handcraft chairs and benches.〔The Eye; Next Generation Matthias Pliessnig page 36 March 2009 Forbes Life〕 Pliessnig is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design and the University of Wisconsin (Madison). His interest in woodworking developed after he decided to build a boat and was inspired to apply those techniques, particularly steam bending of wood strips around a mold, to furniture making.〔 The New York Times reported that his studio "looks more akin to a boat-builder’s garage than an icy SoHo loft, which makes sense when you consider the lunular shapes of Pliessnig’s chairs."〔 His first solo exhibition was hosted by Philadelphia's Wexler Gallery in 2008.〔(Wexler Gallery website )〕 Plessing's 2003 ''Shell'' is made of woods laminated mahogany wood strips around a concrete form.〔Jonathan Benson (Woodworker's Guide to Bending Wood ): Techniques, Projects and Expert Advice for Fine Woodworking Fox Chapel Publishing, 2009 ISBN 978-1-56523-360-7. 192 pages page 9〕 His work ''Bends'' is a bowed bench made from a grid of wood that "gives way to support the sitter".〔(In the Modern World ) Jul 2007 242 pages Vol. 7, No. 8 ISSN 1530-5309 Dwell, LLC Dwell page 50〕 In 2010, he was named a Fellow by United States Artists. 〔 United States Artists Official Website ()〕 ==External links== Matthias's Official Website: http://matthias-studio.com/ 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matthias Pliessnig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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