Founded in 2010, Dilettante Studios is a design/build business based on 15 years of experience in the building and furniture-making trades. The following are a few selected representative projects:
Bookshelves and storage in pine and cedar fencing. 2009. assisted by Charlie Roderick. Photos Charlie Roderick
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Dining Table in birch and redwood. The top of the table was salvaged from a dumpster on Fulton across from the shop, and Redwood salvaged from a former water tower. Fabricated/photographed by Kevin Reiswig.
Aromatic lined cedar trunk made from shop scrap. Commissioned by my daughter’s fourth grade class, as a wedding gift for the teacher. Fabricated/photographed by Kevin Resiwig. 2010
Two benches made from shop scrap. Fabricated/photographed by Kevin Resiwig. 2011
Dorchester Project-Archive Library. Dilettante designed and built the interior and some exterior elements. Assisted by Charlie Roderick. Photo by Charlie Roderick. 2009-2010
Dorchester Project-Archive Library. Dilettante designed and built the interior and some exterior elements. Assisted by Charlie Roderick. Photo by Charlie Roderick. 2009-2010
Kitchen Composition. Essentially a kitchen made from parts of other kitchens, along with cedar fencing, pine and fir old growth floor joists, and some other odds and ends. Assisted by Charlie Roderick. Photo by Charlie Roderick.
Kitchen Composition-wide view. Photo by Charlie Roderick
Kitchen comp detail. Photo by Charlie Roderick.
8′ x 16′ Cabinette, built with my father in northern Wisconsin over the course of 3 summers.
Outdoor bench and rock landscaping. The 3″ thick x 10″ wide douglas fir planks were salvaged from a construction site on the University of Chicago campus. The boards were used to create underground walls, within which steam pipes are laid in the ground. 2008
