Artist: Peter
Abrams Title: Open Energy
Description: Firebowl Medium: Recycled
elevator cable Size: 20” x 31”
Peter Abrams likes to refer to himself as a reverse engineer. He has always been intrigued by the world’s detritus, culling recycled materials out of the waste stream and transforming them into objects of desire. Referred to by others as a gifted artist and furniture designer, his choice of raw materials is only one of the things that distinguish his work. Elegance, comfort, functionality and a sense of humor complete the recipe. Working in a studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn Pete began his long and extremely happy relationship with recycled elevator cable. “It’s flexible, yet incredibly strong; it has great texture, and lovely fluidity,” Abrams enthuses. It was when he began to work with the different weights of metal rope that he began to create furniture and his locally famous “firebowl.” “I didn’t really plan to become so practical, the cable really suggested it.” Pete currently works in his shop Modern Metal Work at 220 Allen Street in the heart of Trenton.
Contact: modernmetalwork