TOOMAS TOOMEPUU
Furniture
Toomas Toomepuu was born in Rhode Island, now resides and works in Detroit, while attending College for Creative Studies. Growing up he always had an affinity for found material and piecing those found things together to make bike ramps and tree houses. With more grace he now does the same thing, but only for chairs and tables.
Toomas Toomepuu moved to Detroit in 2016 to attend College for Creative Studies. He continues to live and work in Detroit.
Dreamer and Dream, 2020
Wood, glass, copper, stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum, plywood, paint, silicone, varnish, gold leaf, suede, velvet
55 × 93 × 50”
Dreamer and Dream, 2020
Wood, glass, copper, stainless steel, mild steel, aluminum, plywood, paint, silicone, varnish, gold leaf, suede, velvet
55 × 93 × 50”
U.F.O.(chair), 2020
Glass, plywood, rubber, foam, silicone, paint
30 x 30 x 30”
Couple dreams I’ve been having lately (cabinet), 2020
Hardwood, plywood, glass, acrylic, found materials, steel, paint
50 x 30 x 71”
Scorched earth policy(cabinet), 2018
Found material, stone, steel, mylar, floor substrate, spray foam, plywood, hardwood, glass, aluminum, plastic wrap, paint
84 x 96 x 24”
Rain Dance(rocking chair), 2019
Plywood, rubber, hardwood, glass, silicone, foam
51 x 41 x 47”
Radiator(chair), 2020
Foam, plywood, aluminum, nylon, hardwood, mylar, silicone
27 x 18 x 20”
Laser Chair 001, 2019
Plywood, various hardwoods, silicone, paint, aluminum, rubber, foam, sub flooring, acrylic
30 x 34 x 25”
TOOMAS TOOMEPUU
My work explores failed promises of technology through the creation of furniture by utilizing digital fabrication, found objects, and unconventional materials. Technology does not always indicate progress, and I am interested in the various ways that technology has succeeded and failed in improving our domestic lives. Digital fabrication, material reuse, sustainability, and multi-functionality are all popular that I combine, remix, and take to their extreme to create objects that reflect on contemporary society. I use various materials, found objects, and technologies to negate their history, instead of forging ahead with a new narrative, mitigating their past traumas. The work reflects on the cultural conflicts by embodying opposites like absurdity and functionality, scarcity and overabundance, luxury and poverty, digital and analog.