Creature Table
This table was inspired by contemporary graffiti in Rio de Janeiro and pre-Columbian Inca sculptures. It shares the artist’s brother’s nickname and personality.
The Creature Table was created for JMA’s fourth collaboration with Chef Michael Cordua, Americas Restaurant in Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood. Chef Cordua is celebrated for brilliantly and irreverently mixing exclusively indigenous South American foodstuffs with European preparation techniques, producing contemporary North American dishes. JMA and Chef Cordua have been collaborating on projects about the Americas since 1992, exploring the myriad cultures blended together in the Americas; the narratives of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jorge Luis Borges and Cormack McCarthy; as well as the anthropology of dining touched on, for instance, by Jared Diamond and Charles C. Mann.
PROCESS + MATERIALS
The sculpture for this piece was hand-carved in wood. It was then cast in recycled metal alloys, then hand polished and rubbed with elixirs to create the patina. The Creature Table is available in a variety of metals and finishes. Made in Chicago.
DIMENSIONS
H 25.5 in. x W 12.5 in. x D 17.5 in.
H 64.77 cm. x W 31.75 cm. x D 44.45 cm.
VARIATIONS
Available in recycled magnesium-aluminum or recycled red-bronze.
Available in a variety of finishes, including: polished, high polished, brushed or burnished.
Available with or without patina.
Please inquire for options currently available.
DATE OF DESIGN/MANUFACTURE
2010/2016-2018
CREDITS
Burnished Creature Table photos by JP Goguen. Black background photos and model photos by Eliza Mozer. Photos of Americas River Oaks restaurant by Doug Snower. Drawings and models by Jordan Mozer.
COLLECTION
Part of the HousePets Collection
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