JONATHAN COHEN WORKSHOP

"BOTH DESIGNER AND ARTISAN CABINET MAKER, JONATHAN COHEN WORKS WITH WOOD IN A SCULPTURAL LANGUAGE, WITH VARIABLE GEOMETRIC SHAPES. PIECES OF CHARACTER, WITH Clever PLAY OF PROPORTIONS, WHICH DEPLOY A PLAYSICIOUS AND EMBODIED DECORATIVE WRITING. THE STYLES INTERTWEL, CARESING THE ART DECO AND MEMPHIS MOVEMENTS, AND GIVING BIRTH TO A SERIES OF TIMELESS OBJECTS, HIS TRAINING AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER IMPROVES HIS WORK WITH PATTERNS, AN ABSTRACT FORM OF TYPOGRAPHY, UNDERSTOOD LIKE THE RHYTHM OF LETTERS ON PAPER, DECORATES SOME. OF HIS STAMP-DYED CREATIONS ON WOOD. HAND APPLICATION BRINGS SINGULARITY AND IRREGULARITY TO THIS AESTHETIC OF PRINTING. JONATHAN COHEN