Tables With Glass
I am currently building a new table which will feature a glass top. I wanted to take a moment to visit my previous tables. The new table is at a formative moment and I want to make sure that I will be pushing new ground!
My tables have demonstrated a progression:
The first tables that I designed took advantage of the clear nature of glass to reveal the complex movement of the structure below the table.
I revisited the Glass Hall Table format and demonstrated a different approach to the wooden structure.
Glass Hall Table
Maple and Glass 35″H x 54″W x 15″D
I began to think about ways to bring the glass into the composition. I used tow moments to embrace and wrap the ends of the glass in wood. This approach started to make the glass an integral part of the composition, not just a functional surface.
Cocktail Table
Sapele and Glass 20″H x 62″W x 32D
The progression continued with the cocktail table. I used a singular moment to bring the leg and stretcher overt the tables surface.
Curved Dovetail Console Table
Sapele and Glass 38″H x 70″W x 15″D
This is a bit out of order,but in terms of progression it is next. I now have taken the step to have the glass cut to a unique shape. The result is that the glass becomes part of the composition in a different way. I felt that this piece was very successful and i am feeling emboldened to pursue a larger table with a piece of shaped glass.
Pedestal Table #9
MAple and Glass 30″H x 20″W x 20″D
By Nico Yektai -New York based designer/maker Nico Yektai opened the doors to his Hamptons studio in 1995 after completing the MFA program at the School For American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. The rigorous technical training complimented his background in Art History, which he studied, at Hobart College in Geneva NY. Yektai has synthesized this background into a singular style that has gained him national attention. Visit nicoyektai.com for more information
