“Wood is a living thing. Its life may have been interrupted by its harvesting, but it retains that living quality to it. The way you process it and handle it—it’s never static. You have to build your object with the ability to expand and contract, or else it may self-destruct over time.
All of these things are literally a living process that you have to recognize and obey. I enjoy that challenge of trying to marry the beautiful object with the functional object.”
—Peter Pierobon
For over forty years, Peter Pierobon has been exploring the sculptural possibilities of furniture inspired by nature and an interest in archaic texts.
His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is included in the permanent collections of some of the finest museums, including the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), the Museum of Arts and Design (New York City, USA), the Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, Quebec), the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto, Ontario) and the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, USA), among others.
He was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2004 and has taught extensively across North America at institutions, including the University of the Arts, the California College of the Arts, the Penland School of Craft, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, School for Furniture Craftsmanship.
Selected work
Private collection.
Photo credit: Goran Basaric
Private collection.
Photo credit: Dominic Chielli
