Furniture maker turns local wood into art at studio
Leaning over the surface of a square table, Peter Winter carefully measured out a small wooden twig before cutting it and placing it on the table, forming a mosaic pattern with other twigs.
Winter, a furniture artist, was working in his Gloversville studio on his latest piece, a wooden table with small twigs in a pattern around the outside and an oval-shaped solid wood piece in the middle.
Large branches that Winter said would soon become the table’s legs sat on a nearby workbench. Once finished, Winter expects to sell the 4-foot-by-2-foot Adirondack-style table for $1,400.
The 39-year-old city resident has been crafting furniture out of area wood since he was 24. He said he has made several thousand pieces, all one-of-a-kind.
“It’s supposed to be something that really stands apart in the finest Adirondack style,” he said. “This style furniture fits well in a camp.”
Winter sells his items to local collectors as well as galleries. His items are made mostly out of local birch, cedar and maple trees. He also uses other materials, such as marble and glass.
His 52 N. Main St. studio is the former Beacon Warehouse, a local clothing store.
Susan Casey moved her clothing store across the street about 21?2 years ago and has been renting 52 N. Main St. to Winter for the past year and a half.
Casey said she moved because her insurance policy required the first floor of 53 N. Main St. to be occupied for her to be able to put apartments in the second floor.
She said she wasn’t seeking a tenant at 52 N. Main St. when Winter came along last year, but she was happy to let him move in.
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