This beautiful table is an eloquent example of Neil Collins’ and my idea of how found material can be incorporated into furniture.  We were originally attracted to the green color, and the raised lugs of the fence post used on the skirt and legs of the table.  Neil enhanced these pleasing qualities by welding them together in combination with other complementary metal elements.  The green color was sacrificed on the legs in order to obtain a mellow, bronze-like luster. This table base has a lovely, dark glow to it that is set off by the colors of the tile top.  The green of the metal border, with it’s repeating pattern, accords with the large green tile and it’s series of raised dots.  The reddish brown of the metal harmonizes with the different browns and off-whites of the tile.  This play between color and material is continued in a more metaphorical way in the subject matter of the tile.  The juxtaposition of animal, plant, geological and human artifacts         

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reminds me of how things are found lying around in the desert landscape.  The landscape and weather combine to alter and combine all kinds of different objects into strange and arresting relationships that often seem like complete artworks in themselves.