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The Sturt School for Wood 2012 Graduate Exhibition displays the work of the six graduates who have created six very different ranges of furniture.
Head of Sturt Mark Viner said the class was the youngest year to come through and it gave the work a completely different dynamic.
"It's a youthful feel; most of them are virtually starting out and are wrestling with concepts, experimenting and learning new ideas," he said.
Elise Cameron-Smith wanted to bring the outside inside with her furniture designs, incorporating plant life into a table and her Tillandsia Totems and her wooden leaf-shape stools are for outdoor use.
"I wanted to make something really different and some nice outdoor furniture," she said.
Simon Alterator has studied sculpture and graphics and wanted to do something more to combine the two. Furniture making seemed to be the next logical step.
"I'm not interested in what has been done before," Simon said.
His coffee table could be compared loosely to an etch-a-sketch. It has a glass top, which covers sand, and a metal ball that can be manipulated to draw designs into the sand.
Vanessa Sternbeck has a background in audio engineering and several of her pieces have a musical theme, mainly the flat wooden speakers that could easily be mistaken for pictures on a wall.Having already been accepted into Splinter, it's hard to believe she had no background in furniture making.
"I had never used a plane or a chisel before I got to Sturt," Vanessa said.
Benjamin Percy has five chairs and a table in the exhibition.
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He said he enjoys making chairs because they are not only useful but can be appreciated in display.
Three are inspired by a Danish design, one is a modern rocker and the 1960's inspired ball chair has taken his two and a half years to make.
"Traditionally they are fibreglass; there aren't any other timber ones out there," Ben said.
Jessica Bazley-Smith has woodworking in the blood, with one grandfather an engineer and the other a woodwork enthusiast who would make furniture for family and friends, and toys for the children.
She has been doing woodwork most her life, and her bed-suite on display is the third she has made.
While her past bed frames have been more angular, this Asian inspired suite has a curvature theme.
"The curved appearance is more subtle on the eyes," Jessica said.
All pieces in the exhibition are innovative and unique in design, and fine furniture that won't be seen anywhere else.
The exhibition will be officially opened tomorrow by ANU head of furniture Ashley J. Erismoen at 11am. The exhibition will run until December 9, open from 10am to 5pm daily at Sturt Gallery. Corner of Range Road and Waverly Parade, Mittagong.