Canadian Designer Spotlight: Brent Comber
Brent Comber is an innovative Canadian furniture maker who uses local woods to produce a variety of designs. I first became aware of his work through his Alder series. He dries and fastens alder branches and then carves the piles into cubic shapes. By combining organic materials with geometric lines he produces furniture with a very dynamic aesthetic. I particularly like the idea of using alder - a sustainable wood- that growns like a weed in most places in Canada. My husband is always battling alder bush growth near our summer house in Newfoundland. Alders grow quickly into dense stands and left alone they will overtake an area. Brent Comber alder stools and bench Round alder stools 54 inch Alder disk at White Horses Spa This 54” Alder Disk hung in White Horses Spa at Doonbeg Golf Lodge, Ireland. While the same materials used in Comber's furniture pieces are used in the disk, the view...