David Lamb’s “Palladian Frost-Birch Fractal” demilune table (detail) photo by Bill Truslow
Inspired by the patterns of frost fogging up his windows, cabinetmaker David Lamb grabbed his sketchbook. Then he began reading about fractal geometry. “Mathematicians explain that frost and wood-grain patterns are fractals–self-replicating patterns,” says Lamb, who phoned Traditional Home from his studio in Canterbury, New Hampshire. After contemplating frost and fractals, Lamb settled on the design for his dynamic demilune table (detail above) which he named “Palladian Frost-Birch Fractal.” Wow!
Lamb turned math into art. The pattern of the veneer looks like the facets of a diamond. And the crotch-birch grain pattern looks like a rippling tide. “All the nooks and crannies are another fractal feature,” explains Lamb. “The Bauhaus school of architecture is so sterile and reflects straight Euclidian geometry shapes. I prefer more detail. Fractals are all around us–snowflakes, frost, ferns, mountain ridges.”
The “Palladian” reference refers to the half-circular shape (“like a window”). We love the sweep of the stretcher, which Lamb explains is “the same curve as the apron.”
New Hampshire Artist Laureate David Lamb goes fractal with this demilune table
Lamb has other ideas he would like to explore if a patron were to commission another piece based on fractals. The demilune table pictured here isn’t for sale. For a closer look at the work of New Hampshire’s Artist Laureate (and a member of the New Hampshire Furniture Masters Association), tap into David Lamb cabinetmaker.
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