Earlier last year, I heard about the furniture of Korean designer Kwak Chulan, and I was immediately taken by the beauty and energy of his tables:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/read.php?CATEGORY_PK=&TOPIC_PK=2255
These tables were inspired by running horses, and they are poetry captured in form. So lovely.
Kwak’s tables made a lasting impression and when they came to my attention again, I decided to try and contact this brilliant young designer to inquire about his works of art.
We emailed back and forth, and I commissioned a table in walnut. It would taken several months, so I put it in the back of my mind and busied myself with the business of moving into our new home .
Kwak and I stayed in touch about the progress of the piece, and a few weeks ago, he let me know that my table was complete and would ship.
This morning the UPS man delivered this package to my door:
Kwak’s beautiful table arrived in perfect condition, and it is magnificent:
In an interesting twist of fate, since I had already contacted Kwak, I was able to put Neil Gaiman in touch with the designer when Neil expressed interest in Kwak’s tables on Twitter. Oh, what a small, small world.
So soon our table (dubbed the dancing table by my 2-year-old daughter), will have a sister table on a distant Scottish Isle. (Although I believe that his table will be a darker table, more distressed…as is appropriate.)
My youngest has claimed our dancing table for her own and has decided to stake her claim before her siblings get home from school.
I think she may stay under there all day.