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Meteorite Table & Comet Stand- the prodigal sons return home!

After a year away my table and plant stand, 2nd place winner of the MCAD/Shetka Stone competition, was finally returned home. The table tops of these two pieces are made from Shetka Stone, which is a product made from recycled … Continue reading

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Apollo Table

The Apollo Table is the centerpiece for my senior exhibition at MCAD- made from ebonized ash wood, with a laminated plywood top. looking at the underside of the table you can see that the legs do not touch in the … Continue reading

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New work: Coming soon!

Hi everyone, It’s been a hectic end-of-the-semester as I’ve been preparing my senior show. I can hardly believe I’ll be graduating from MCAD already. And as the semester ends that means new work is going to be documented and uploaded … Continue reading

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Juror Honors from Made@MCAD

After its long delayed trip home my little Loom Chair is recieving some small acclaim- It was selected by Juror Clara Kim, the senior curator of visual arts at the Walker Art Center, as one of five pieces out of … Continue reading

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Work from Fall 2011

Marching on towards my graduation from MCAD in April, boy has the time flown by! Here’s the two most notable sets of the work I made in the last of my Fall semesters, the “Orbit Shelves” and “Monoliths.”  

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Work from DIS summer furniture program

First new work I’ve put up since making the site- this chair was something I made during my summer in Denmark attending the DIS furniture program. The chair is wood, soap finished, upholstered in black paper yarn. Fully functional.

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Welcome to OpenParenthesis

OpenParenthesis is a web portfolio for Ian Nystrom, furniture designer, fabricator and sculptor.

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