Shopping & Style
Shopping & Style
Edited by Kate Wertheimer
timeout.com/los-angeles/shopping @kate_em_up Talking shop We sat down with six local woodworkers
to find out what inspires their (handmade, swoonworthy) craft. By Kate Wertheimer Photographs by Rozette Rago
Aaron and Claire VanHolland Denvir
Greg Mitchell Mitchell was introduced to woodworking
as a teenager during summer construction jobs. “I thought the cabinetmakers and finish carpenters were the coolest dudes in the world,” he says. “They had beautiful vintage trucks, made lovely work, and a few of them surfed and even shaped their own boards.” Mitchell began apprenticing under a finish carpenter, worked through college making cabinets, then landed a job restoring historic homes, which is when he decided to build his own furniture under the name West of Noble. Currently, he shapes surfboards in his Downtown shop between taking on the challenge of making a large table or a credenza that looks light and airy. “That, to me, is the heart of modern design.” à
westofnoble.com,
instagram.com/westofnoble
Emma Holland Denvir In school, Denvir learned welding, casting
and sculpture—but it wasn’t until she found a mentor in wood sculptor Foon Sham that she knew she’d be a woodworker. “I’d always been creative but lacked passion for any particular medium,” says Denvir. “You can only go so far with an art form if you lack passion. I found it immediately with woodworking.” Denvir creates carved wood pieces ranging from seven-foot sculptures to wearable baubles for
Time Out Los Angeles January–March 2017 Mitchell
once a living organism is fascinating,” says Aaron. “Each piece of wood we work with is a unique experience.” à
wearemfeo.com,
instagram.com/wearemfeo
C.C. Boyce Boyce, like many in L.A., tried the acting
a ring finger. She’s also worked as an interior designer. “No matter what I’m doing in design, whether on a computer or in the shop, my woodworking abilities always inform me.” à
emmahollanddenvir.com,
instagram.com/ emmahollanddenvir
Aaron and Claire Van Holland Aaron and Claire were first introduced
to furniture construction while flipping midcentury estate finds for fun a few years back, which eventually led to the Van Hollands designing pieces of their own under the brand M.F.E.O. “I’ve always appreciated the duality of furniture —aesthetic objects that serve a utilitarian purpose,” says Aaron. Until recently, the Van Hollands were working primarily with reclaimed wood from Aaron’s grandfather’s century-old barn. “The process of using material that was
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and voice-over thing for years before returning to woodwork—she’d developed the passion from her father, who ran a woodshop out of their basement. “I found myself just wanting to design and build,” she says. Now Boyce spends her time problem- solving; working out a plan of action for each piece—be it a large dining table or tiny planter—and executing it well. “The feeling of accomplishment after I’ve worked out a
Boyce
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