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Andrew Muggleton
Andrew Muggleton is a contemporary furniture
designer working in Colorado. He designs and
creates innovative, high-quality modern furniture by
bending and shaping exotic woods and blending
other materials such as metal and glass.
This method of making curved furniture is a complex
process that has been practiced for centuries. Many
thin layers of wood are joined together, placed on a
shaped mold and inserted into a vacuum press,
which shrinks itself around the mold, conforming
the wood to the new shape. The press delivers a
cumulative pressure of nearly 4 tons. Once the
"body" of the work is created, the same process is
used to apply beautiful veneer onto the surface.
Muggleton was born in Aldershot, England, graduate
from Nottingham Trent University with a degree in
manufacturing engineering, and worked throughout
the world as a design engineer before moving to the
United States in 1999 to develop his passion for
furniture design.
Muggleton's work has been featured in various
magazines, including "Architecture & Design of the
West," "Northern Home," "Phoenix Home & Garden
Magazine," and "Wood Art Today."
ARTIST STATEMENT: "Simplicity in life is difficult and
complicated to achieve. It is easy to have too much
going on and spend too much time organizing it.
"My approach to designing furniture is to keep the
design simple. This is one of my most difficult and
most rewarding challenges. My desire for simplicity
helps me to avoid the trap of filling empty space with
unnecessary clutter.
"I also incorporate beautiful, subtle curves into my
work. Everything in nature is curved, from the smooth
pebbles on a beach to an egg. Sharp, jagged edges
create feeling of uneasiness, but a field of straw
bending in the wind is inviting.
"I involve engineering, structure and architecture into
my work. These three things inspire me constantly in
everyday life. Buildings, bridges, archways, new and
old, all provide a fundamental foundation for my
designs."
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