Artisan furniture pays homage to vintage machinery

Northern Michigan artist crafts unique furniture in tribute to the Labor Movement and industrial arts. Fred Rehak Designs will feature new work in gallery opening to coincide with the Traverse City Film Festival.
By: Heidi Lovy
 
July 15, 2011 - PRLog -- TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., July 13, 2011— Downtown Traverse City’s Artisan Design Network will host an opening reception for Fred Rehak Designs from 6-9 p.m. Wednesday, July 27, 2011.

The 2011 Traverse City Film Festival is honoring the Labor Movement through movies this year, and in the spirit of helping local people in need, Rehak – a long-time UAW member – will donate 10 percent of his total sales during the Film Festival to the Women’s Resource Center.

Rehak, a Lake Leelanau resident, will showcase his “Techne Line,” of furniture. “Techne,” from Ancient Greek, is the art of making things, the mechanical arts. His pieces are made from recycled late 1800s-1900s machinery and wood. Rehak feels this era exemplifies when the engineer and artisan were one and the same.

“I hope to preserve and honor these skilled Craftsmen of the past,” Rehak said.

Guest artist Colin Germaine of Stahl Werke will join Rehak for the week-long featured show. Germaine uses steel, iron and concrete to create his furniture and sculpture and prefers to utilize discarded materials whenever possible to give them new life. He celebrates the industrial past, the products of it and those who worked and still worked in the industrial, automotive and agricultural community.

This show run is through Aug. 8. Rehak was recently featured on “Made with Michigan Hands,” a weekly program on Traverse City’s NBC affiliate. Check it out here: http://www.upnorthlive.com/news/story.aspx?id=620417

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Artisan Design Network is a gallery and network of Michigan artists and craftspeople displaying a juried selection of fine art and furnishings in downtown Traverse City, 118 E. Front Street. Visit www.artdesignnet.com for more information; or call 231-935-1955.
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Source:Heidi Lovy
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