Article originally published in the Rutland Herald, September 9, 2005.
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By Brent Curtis Herald Staff
There's only one place to find furniture like the red mahogany bench on display in the Tuttle Building in Rutland.
Hand-chiseled and adorned with a pair of carved salmon, the bench sitting in the window of the Tuttle Building is one of the many one-of-a-kind items in a new gallery opening in the restored building today.
"This place gives me the opportunity to work on things that I scheme up to see how they're received," said Chittenden woodworker Chip Ogg, who made the bench. "I usually only do custom pieces ordered by clients. This is different."
Different might be the best way to describe the new gallery, dubbed Center Street Artisans.
Open and roomy, unlike most department and furniture stores, yet lacking the fragility of an artist's gallery, the new store is filled with home furnishings made by 24 artists from the Rutland region and three other states -
Gallery of artistic furniture opens today
New York, New Hampshire and Maine.
Inspired by the success of a similar gallery in Farmington, Maine, the gallery pools the talents of woodworkers, furniture makers, potters, weavers, glass blowers and others to produce fine works that fill the studio. Everything from the tables and chairs to the lamps, pots and wooden spoons are for sale.
And everything on sale is a unique piece of art, according to Chris Krauss, who helped found the galleries in Maine and in Rutland.
"Some of the things in here you won't find anywhere else in the world," she said.
The store will open quietly today; gallery members are preparing for a November grand opening at the site. The store will be open seven days a week starting today.
Contact Brent Curtis at brent.curtis@rutlandherald.com.
Native Woods Live-edge bed on display at
Center Street Artisans, Rutland, Vermont.
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