will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf2008-02-14-b WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Arts/Culture, Business, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings By Maeve Reilly When we visited a gallery where Charlie and John Sweitzer display their hand-made Shaker-style furniture, it was interesting to see how placing the furniture in a gallery changed people’s perceptions. People were tentative about touching the pieces, but, when they did, they realized that something as “common” and functional as furniture could be a work of art. In the program, one woman talks about how the sensual the show was—getting a literal feel of the furniture was as important as the visual look. I’ve always been interested in the simple lines and clean design of Shaker furniture, but John’s “live-edge” desk, which incorporated his concept of taking nature’s design—a piece of wood with cracks, uneven surfaces and rough edges, was truly the highlight of the filming at the Ann Lloyd Gallery. John and Charlie claim to be furniture makers, not artists. But when you see the care they use in choosing renewable wood sources and using the form that nature created to often help with the design, you can’t help but examine your own surroundings and think about how much thought you give to choosing things that you use every day.   Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf2008-02-14 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Maeve Reilly Producer Tim Hartin Editor WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2009 University of Illinois 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf2008-02-14-b.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 32693717 00:05:30 eng pf2008-02-14-b.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf2008-02-14-b.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 36731081 00:05:30 eng pf2008-02-14-b.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 2008-01-16T16:08:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf2008-02-14-b.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 22017787 00:05:30 eng pf2008-02-14-b.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois