I designed furniture between 1985 and 1989. The earliest pieaces were all looks and no brains – very heavy and unstable. But as I found carpenters who were also skilled in engineering to fabricate them they became totally reliable.
Me and the American Beauty Bar
1985
1956 Buick car grille, metal, bowling ball, wood, DeSoto hub caps
American Beauty Bar
1985
1956 Buick car grille, metal, bowling ball, wood, DeSoto hub caps
Drink N’ Drive Bar – front view
1988
American Beauty Bar – side view
1985
1956 Buick car grille, metal, bowling ball, wood, DeSoto hub caps
Drink N’ Drive Bar – side view
1988
Drink N’ Drive barstools (set)
1988
Wheel well, wrought iron, vinyl, lacquer, cowhide
Drink N’ Drive barstool – detail
1988
Wheel well, wrought iron, vinyl, lacquer, cowhide
Los Angeles, CA
1986
Sitting at the Birthday Table & Chairs waiting for Paul Reubens to pick me up to go to the Grammys where I won for Best Soundtrack for Beverly Hills Cop (“Neutron Dance” and “Stir It Up”.)
Birthday Table & Chairs
1986
Aluminum, wrought iron, wood, cowhide, steel
Birthday Chair
1986
Aluminum, wrought iron, wood, cowhide, lacquer
Visionaire Car Bar
1987
Vintage car door, wood, hood ornament, wrought iron
The Poodle Chair
1986
Aluminum, wrought iron, wood, sheepskin, lacquer
The Poodle Chair – back
1986
Aluminum, wrought iron, wood, sheepskin, lacquer
The Arnold Palmer Coat Rack
1988
6′ x 28″ x 28″
Metal, vintage golf clubs and balls
Cat Tree TV Stand
2004
Four of my five cats are a mother and three of her eleven kids she gave birth to in two litters 55 days apart on my roof. In order to accommodate them as well as my Memorex/Target Bubble TV I built this with Mark Tomorsky in 2004, who I also built my recording studio, poolhouse office, storage motels and shelves with.
Century 100 Bedroom Chest
1987
36″ x 64″ x 21″
Birch, lacquer, car hood ornaments and car door handles
Dynaflow Drawers
1986
36″ x 80″ x 21″
Birch, lacquer, car door ornaments and door handles
F-100 Drawers
1986
36″ x 42″ x 21″
Birch, lacquer, car hood ornaments and door handles
Mother Goose Rock N’ Rhyme End Table
From the set of Shelley Duvall’s “Mother Goose Rock N’ Rhyme” on HBO
1989
30″ x 19″ x 17″ Acrylic, wood, lacquer, metal, bowling ball
Spaghetti Table
1985
46″ x 30″ x 16″
Car springs, glass, acrylic, wire, wood balls
Knuckle Table 2 – top view
1987
46″ x 30″ x 16″
DeSoto car springs, glass, acrylic, wire, wood balls
Knuckle Table 1
1987
46″ x 30″ x 16″
DeSoto car springs, glass, acrylic, wire, wood balls
War Table 2
1984
18-1/2″ x 17″ x 15″
Wrought iron, car spring, metal, acrylic, window panel from World War II fighter plane
War Table 1
1984
18-1/2″ x 17″ x 15″
Wrought iron, car spring, metal, acrylic, window panel from World War II fighter plane
