To the distinction between furniture and sculpture, Luke Malaney pays little mind. He focuses on one-off pieces, letting each take shape on its own terms. Trained under a classical Roman woodworker, he brings old-world techniques into uncharted waters.

Nature is revered and architecture is something to be negotiated with; the legacy of many months spent hiking in the wilderness and the permanent side effect of a lifetime of skateboarding. Unbridled painters, old hockey sticks and his emboldened Mother — for inspiration, the New York-based artist goes nowhere and finds it everywhere.

Likening his process to the rodeo, predictably unpredictable, each work is an act of discovery. While functionality and endurance may be the only hard-and-fast rules of his methods for making, the result brings a pause. A kind of beauty that makes your head tilt.

Brooklyn, New York

For available work or to discuss a custom or site-specific commission, email lukemalaney@gmail.com.