WILLIAMSBURG WOODWORKER RICHARD HAINING ONE OF SIX BROOKLYN-BASED EXHIBITORS AT AMERICAN FINE CRAFT SHOW AT BROOKLYN MUSEUM

Richard Haining, whose studio is in Williamsburg, joins two jewelers, a handbag designer, potter and another woodworker whose studios are in Brooklyn. They will be among 90 exhibitors at the third American Fine Craft Show Brooklyn at Brooklyn Museum, November 21-22, 2015. The tickets to the show, in the regal Beaux-Arts Court, include general admission to the Museum. The craft show is timed for holiday shopping but not too close to Hanukah and Christmas so visitors can also take in the magnificent current and long-term exhibitions at the Museum.

After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design’s [RISD] furniture design department, Haining worked for a leading Brooklyn-based set shop. His training at RISD, which steeped him in the study of ceramics, jewelry, glass blowing as well as his specialty, contributed to his success in the set industry then, and now, designing and creating his own decorative vessels and furniture. His experience with ceramics is evident in his “Stacked” collection of vessels made of salvaged walnut. “I mill down the material, cut it to size, stack it, glue it and position it to create a rough form and then by hand I shape the exterior.” The finish: a custom oil/polyurethane blend. Haining said that this collection “evolved from the over-abundance of scrap material being thrown out in the shops I worked in.”

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