Artist Name
Daniel Thompson
444 Dufferin Street
Toronto, ON
416 532-4607

Daniel creates beautiful swirly, laminated all wood coffee tables in his Marianne series from which he sent us one entitled Marianne II. His inspiration for the table and perhaps all his work is taken from the female form especially the small of the back and a bit of the hip. He says that many people see horses or musical instruments in the tables, which is not surprising because guitars, violins and other instruments also reflect the female form.

The way Marianne II resolves, circling off into vortex, is a child friendly idea and not a pointy danger. Daniel uses patterns and templates with a jigsaw to cut and routers to shape the edges. In Marianne II, because it circles in on itself, some of it is not accessible to power tools so parts are hand carved. Legs are turned on a lathe, which is not too complicated although Daniel finds matching legs to a table a difficult proposition.