Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
Adding Color to Wood
A course by Urvi Sharma, Furniture Designer
About the video: Adding Color to Wood
Overview
“Although many people are skeptical about coloring wood, I believe that—when used correctly—color can enrich a piece of furniture and make it more uniform. In this lesson, you will learn how to work with color and wood to create an aesthetically-pleasing result. ”
In this video lesson Urvi Sharma addresses the topic: Adding Color to Wood, which is part of the Domestika online course: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques. Learn how to carve, dye, and apply patterns onto wood to create unique pieces of furniture that are both beautiful and functional.
Partial transcription of the video
“In the previous lesson, I covered some techniques on how to create pattern and texture on wood. And in this lesson, I'm gonna go over some methods with which you can apply color on wood. Many people believe that because wood is such a beautiful material, it doesn't need any color and you should just let it be. That might be true on some occasions, but there aren't any rules on what should and should not be done. In fact, color is used on a lot of pieces of furniture to make it look uniform and more rich in appearance. Because wood is a natural material, it's almost never perfect, and crafts...”
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Course summary for: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
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Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Urvi Sharma
A course by Urvi Sharma
Urvi Sharma is a furniture and lighting designer from New Delhi, India. Her mother is a graphic and interior designer, so she was introduced to art and design from a young age. She later went on to study furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design, where she focused on color and pattern. After graduating, she and her partner showed their work under the studio name INDO- at a trade show in New York City. Encouraged by the positive feedback they received, they kept designing alongside their jobs which they left a year and a half later to focus on INDO- full-time.
Since then, Urvi’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Interior Design Magazine, and Dwell. She was also a contestant on Ellen’s Next Great Designer, a furniture design show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, and has received several awards and nominations for her designs.
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