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Join: Oct 8, 2011

Name: fineideasfurniture

Gender: Male

Hometown: Larkspur, Colorado

Location: Larkspur, Colorado, US

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I fell in love with woodworking when I was fourteen, but my dad, a bricklayer, had already stirred my interest with the woodwork he made for my older sister. The Industrial Arts program in my high school and subsequent Industrial Arts Degree equipped me for the last 30 years in the profession. I like seeing the pleased expression when someone feels the soft curves and surfaces on a piece that I've made. Besides being visually pleasing and perhaps even provocative, art furniture should stir a person to a point where the desire to touch is irresistible. When designing a piece of art furniture, I find that the things that influence me most, are various shapes, life experiences and other cultures I have been in. Those that have most inspired me have been masters like Mondrian, and Mackintosh, the Arts and Crafts movement and Art Nouveau. In the past few years I have enjoyed the more rugged and organic designs of the west where severity in climate influences the shape and color of the materials I used. Awards 2009 Best of Show, Exhibitor's Choice, People's Choice Cody High Style, Buffalo Bill Museum Articles Cowboys Indians, The Denver Post, The Cowboy Way, Woodshop News, Western Art Architecture, The Gazette and The Tribune, Colorado Springs Exhibitions: Gallery Two-Ten, Colorado Springs Design Center, Denver, Colorado Museums The Pioneer Museum, Colorado Springs Projects: The Natural Dream Home

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Making the End Tables - the Short Version

Tags: Locust  Scrub Oak  Stained Glass  Custom  Unique  Bespoke  Furniture  Dan Rieple  Fine Ideas Furniture  Scottsdale Arts Festival 

This is the edited version of making the two end tables for the Scottsdale Arts Festival. The end table is made from Locust, the legs all from Scrub Oak. I also made the stained glass shade.

Finishing it all: The making of Game On, Game Table - off to the show Part 13

Tags: Fine  Ideas  Furniture  Cabinetry  Bespoke  Unique  Artisan  Craftsman  Making-of  Game  Table  Cody  Buffalo  Bill  Museum  Wyoming  Chess  Backgammon  Dan  Rieple  Scrub  Oak  Walnut  Antlers  Solid  Wood  Oystering 

It may be that you feel somewhat relieved to reach the end of this particular video project! In the two videos below you will see the completion of Game On, and then off to Cody we go. The final video briefly shows the area in the Buffalo Bill Historical Center (which we call The Museum) where we...

Cody High Style - The making of Game On, Game Table - at the Smithsonian of the West Part 14

Tags: Fine  Ideas  Furniture  Cabinetry  Bespoke  Unique  Artisan  Craftsman  Making-of  Game  Table  Cody  Buffalo  Bill  Museum  Wyoming  Chess  Backgammon  Dan  Rieple  Scrub  Oak  Walnut  Antlers  Solid  Wood  Oystering 

You may not know the museum, but the National Tour Association recently honored the Buffalo Bill Historical Center as one of America's "favorite museums for group travelers" and the Smithsonian of the West I read somewhere. We couldn't agree more. Susie I really look forward to the show each...

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'Game On' The Piece and The Process by Dan Rieple (Introduction)

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Tags: furniture  dan rieple  fine ideas furniture  piece intro opening new 

Introduction to the "Game On" Piece by Dan Rieple of Fine Ideas Furniture. "You may have seen my latest creation which I named "Game On". My sweet and most devoted fan, Susie, has made a series of videos that might be of interest. What a fantastic job she has done putting this together. I am...

'Game On' Trimming The Oysters (Part Two)

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Tags: game on  furniture  wood  veneer  scrub oak  home improvement  game table  game board  dan rieple  fine ideas furniture 

This starts to get more interesting as you will see the slices of scrub oak that I mentioned in the description video, begin to take shape. I will trim the edges off each of the slices to create the look for the veneer. More available on http://blog.fine-ideas.com/.

'Game On' - Describing The Vision by Dan Rieple (Part One)

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Tags: furniture  wood  scrub oak  game table  game board  veneer  fine ideas furniture  dan rieple 

You may have seen my latest creation which I named "Game On". My sweet and most devoted fan, Susie, has made a series of videos that might be of interest. What a fantastic job she has done putting this together. I am always amazed at the things she figures out how to do and in such a short amount...

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