Chair photos (3): David San Miguel /All other photos, except where noted: Tanya Aguiniga
Above:
Panchi to
(2003), of powder-
coated steel, laser-
cut and welded.
Right: Aguiniga
covered her studio
wall with a black-
board to work out
designs and capture
her seemingly end-
less supply of ideas.
The artist and her husband,
Todd Beattie, demonstrate
possible seating arrange-
ments using the
Modular
Lounge
(2000), made of
poplar, mahogany,
plywood, and Formica.
Left: What? She
makes jewelry too?
Aguifiiga’s hand-dyed
Rope Knot bracelets.
Above: The 5-foot
long
Birch Sled
(2007) combines
birch logs with
sleek steel.
Right: The hand-
woven
Non-Pareil
Rug
(2004).
Right: The artist
gave this Eames
wire chair she found
a partial covering of
Gotland and merino
wool in 2008.
Above: The artist
hand-felting one of
her signature pieces.
Above: This Eames
DCM chair, another
of her finds, got the
Aguifiiga treatment
with Gotland wool.
Left:
Teotitlani
(2007) is made of
steel, lacquer, and
nylon twine.
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Photo: Douglas Kirkland
Photo: Douglas Kirkland
