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NEW - Darrell's Thorsen House Video with Marc Spagnuolo

Listed as one of the top eight designers in the furniture industry

 

 

Here's what the press is saying about Darrell Peart:

"His work is considered in the top echelon of American Studio Furniture" - "Considered one of the top furniture deisgners in the country"

Arts & Crafts Homes spring 2012

"The Guru of Greene and Greene"

.The Robb Report Collection December 2005

"Darrell Peart finds satisfaction turning dreams into reality with his finely-crafted furniture that is worthy of Greene and Greene's finest Pasadena Bungalow's"

Style 1900 Magazine Spring/Summer 2007

"The popularity of Arts & Crafts style furniture just seems to grow, as more and more designer-makers adapt its details to original works. Darrell Peart is an authority on those details"

Barb Siddiqui WoodCentral

"Darrell certainly has a strong fan base of both clients- who can wait as long a year for a piece- and woodworkers-who look to him for inspiration and instruction"

Ronald J Goldman Woodworker West March-April 2006

"Darrell Peart's furniture is more obviously Greene & Greene, including reproductions. His Gamble dining table is a wonderful achievement."

David Mathias (author of Greene & Greene Furniture: Poems of Wood & Light) blogging for Popular Woodworking Magazine

"Author and very accomplished furnituremaker Darrell Peart"

Hewn and Hammer

 

Excerpt from Woodworkers Journal online interview--- October 2004

"That's what I really enjoy. Studying Greene and Greene in minute detail, writing the book has given me ideas for things I want to try. It's made me appreciate the genius of Charles Greene, but also makes me wonder where all his ideas came from. It's almost enough to give me an inferiority complex." ....Darrell Peart

"An inferiority complex? I don't think so; not with the caliber of work that Darrell Peart produces. "…...Michael Dresdner

 

 

As a small independent furniture maker Darrell Peart can offer a degree of flexibility and attention to detail not commonly found in larger shops. He routinely works with a client to meet their specific needs. "I thoroughly enjoy and take great pride in my work. With attention to detail and a reliance upon proven construction methods, you can expect a piece of furniture I build to last for generations." Darrell's influences as a furniture maker/designer have been many and varied, including such diverse sources as Gothic, Chippendale and James Krenov. It's within the Arts & Crafts Movement (Craftsman, Mission) that he feels most at home though. The ideals of John Ruskin and William Morris have been an inspiration to him. The movements many designers (and craftsmen) such as Gustav Stickley, Harvey Ellis, CFA Voysey, and CR Mackintosh, have all played a part in Darrell's development. But it's the Pasadena architects, Charles and Henry Greene (Greene and Greene) that have captivated him the most. "The furniture from their Ultimate Bungalow period (Gamble, Thorsen, Pratt, and Blacker Houses) represents not only the best from the American Arts & Crafts Movement but also some of the most sensitive and thoughtful designs ever produced. Charles Greene's blending of the American Arts & Crafts style with Asian influences was nothing less than divine." Darrell's passion lies in creating his own original designs though. He has developed a unique style that is not limited just by traditional Greene & Greene elements. His work is widely recognized and imitated. He also, from time to time, enjoys interpreting an original Greene & Greene piece. These are "near reproductions" which honor the spirit of the original design, while meeting a client's specific needs. Over the years, Darrell's knowledge and experience as both a furniture designer and maker, has brought him national attention and acclaim. His first of many magazine articles appeared in 1992 and his second book is soon to be in print (spring 2013). He is sought after as a teacher of both furniture design and construction at several woodworking schools from coast to coast.