The Art of Wood is a semester long celebration of the cultural and aesthetic values of forests and wood products. The spring 2012 celebration focuses on the local impact of our New England forests. The events bring together numerous craftspeople, artisans and forest owners who work in or around New England. From wood anatomists, to furniture makers, to architects—all inspire us to use and enjoy wood in new and beautiful ways.

The Global Institute has also teamed up with the Arts and Media Student Interest Group on an ongoing art exhibit in Kroon Hall that will showcase the changing depictions of forests and trees throughout human history. The exhibit will be complemented with an interactive tree sculpture constructed entirely from recycled materials.   

 

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Art of Wood Furniture: YALE ART GALLERY FURNITURE STUDY VISIT

Meet in front of Kroon at 2:30 p.m.  Tour: 3:00 p.m.

The Furniture Study, under the auspices of the Yale University Art Gallery, is a working library of approximately one thousand examples of furniture and wooden objects— American-made and made for the American market—ranging in date from the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries.
Assistant Curator John Stuart Gordon will lead a 1-hour group tour of this fascinating project.

   

Friday, February 17
Webinar with Anders Hildeman, Forestry Manager for IKEA
9:00 - 10:30am
380 Edwards classroom (first floor)
Coffee and bagels provided

As part of the Art of Wood event series, SAF is hosting a webinar with IKEA Sweden's Forestry Manager Anders Hildeman. Anders will join us to discuss how IKEA sources its wood products, and their work to support sustainable forestry worldwide. Large scale furniture manufacturers face several challenges including the long term availability of wood, and increased pressure on forest resources due to the development of wood-based biofuels. Anders will also discuss recent legislation on the importation and handling of illegally harvested wood and how this will effect trade and IKEA specifically. 

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to IKEA Webinar

Please consider including one or two questions for the webinar. We will submit a list of questions to Anders ahead of time to allow for preparation. Please email Tori Lockhart (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)) with any questions. 

We are hoping for an engaging discussion on some of the following topics:

1) IKEA's sourcing of forest products: 
- How does IKEA decide on the types of wood or processed forest products for a furniture line? How are supply considerations factored into production design? What back-up plans exist in the case of supply bottlenecks (if any)?

2) Market shifts and wood supply
-  Where do you see the future of sustainable natural forest management given rising demand for land and wood products? How does IKEA incorporate long-term supply questions into planning?

3) Wood quality
-  Have you seen a shift in wood characteristics as wood sources move from natural forests to plantations? How does a shift in wood characteristics affect the supply chain, and the end product for IKEA (if at all)?

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