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Chris Oosenbrug
Chris has been a cabinetmaker since the mid '80's, and has specialized in turning since 1988. A large part of his current work consists of laminated salad bowls, in various domestic and exotic woods. This simple, functional yet elegant design lends itself to small production runs and produces very little waste; off-cuts are recycled into other bowls or used to heat the shop in winter, and the remaining chips and dust are composted. This production work is balanced with more individual turnings, using local wood from discarded trees. Here defects and irregular grain patterns are highlighted, and a rim in a contrasting exotic wood is added. These pieces, often textured and carved, are meant to be touched. Chris is a member of the Ontario Craft Council, the Conseil des métiers d’arts du Quebec and a founding member of Galerie Farfelu in Montreal. He has won awards at the Ottawa Wood Show, the One of a Kind Show in Toronto, and the Durham Wood Show Competition, Durham, Ontario. His work has appeared in publications such as “Style at Home” and “Toronto Where”, and he has participated in various exhibitions, including “Against the Grain” at the OCC Guild Shop in Toronto, and “Turning on Furnishings 2000”, Toronto and Kingston. You can find his work at Galerie Farfelu, at the Guild Shop and A Show of Hands in Toronto, at Kiss the Cook, London, Ontario, at Cornerstone, Kingston, and online at his website www.chrisoosenbrug.com. Chris currently teaches cabinetmaking at Rosemount Technology Centre (www.rosemount-technology.qc.ca), Montreal. Recently he has been giving seminars and turning demonstrations, and has produced his first instructional video (Laminated Salad Bowls). Chris also designs custom turnings such as newel posts, balusters, bedposts and table legs. When he’s not turning, building cabinets or teaching, he spends time with his family and plans to build a home and gallery/shop on sixteen acres of bush and pasture in Eastern Ontario. Contact: Call: 450 698 2369 E-mail: kcoosenbrug@sympatico.ca Visit: www.chrisoosenbrug.com
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