Work by Erik Hoedemakers
Edge of reason
Everything meets at the edge. Nothing is edgeless. Because nothing is infinite. Sometimes an edge is narrow and smooth, like around a coin. Sometimes jagged, like a rockface. Wherever there is a surface, eventually some place there will be an edge. An edge we can get to and explore.
Sharp
Where edges are true, they are almost always sharp. Cutting crisply through space. Defining dimensions. But beware. No matter how much we might exalt and praise truth, sharp truths are seldom comfortable in a domestic situation.
Crisp
In designing and making furniture, a cabinetmaker is keenly aware of the edges. Keeping them crisp while the design unfolds and the piece comes together. And during the finishing stages, those sharp edges are preserved for your perception but softened for your touch.
A maker senses that an edge is a fraction too sharp and adjusts it intuitively. With good reason, as they are sharing comfort and consolation with the world.
Hands
Just one of the clues that reveals that an object has sprung from a person’s imagination and then is formed by their hands.
Mind
They give their edges thought, they do not just happen by chance, these are edges created with a reason.
Edge of reason