Kevin Perkings
Born 1945, Launceston, Tasmania. Furniture Designer and Maker Lecturer in Furniture Design, University of Tasmania. Trained in carpentry and joinery, industrial arts and sculpture.
My work is about place, history and tradition (Tasmanian).
Recent Commissions
1998 Forestry Tasmania, Wood Productivity Award, trophy in myrtle and aluminium
1997-98 Elizabeth Street Pier, Hobart. Bookmatched huon pine 6 m long dining/boardroom table
1997-98 Huonville High School. Outdoor courtyard seating in eucalypt
1997 Forestry Tasmania. Foyer furniture - reception desk
1996 The Sound of One Hand Clapping, film set - HEC camp buildings
1995 University of Tasmania. University Arms
1994-95 Forestry Tasmania, Hobart. Logos
1994-95 Strathglen, Berriedale, Tasmania. Chapel furniture Private Commission
2000 Cape Barren Goose Cabinet, sidetable
1999 Snow Goose bookcase, Lake Pedder sidetable, CRI writing desk and Whaletail dining table
1998 Recherche screens, Thylacine drawers, Beam Rivage Thylacine cabinet, Beam Rivage dining table
1997 Jackson Thylacine cabinet, Tiger myrtle bowls, Tiger myrtle mirrors
Exhibitions and Awards
2000 Sculptural Furniture Exhibition (curated by Kirsten Fitzpatrick). Brisbane City Gallery Rings of History exhibition. Object Gallery 2001. Design/make work from the wood speciman collection. Australian National University. National Museum of Australia. Design development boardroom table
1999 Tasmanian Tiger, The Mystery of the Thylacine, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Touring Tasmanian Wood Design Collection, European Tour Object Gallery, Sydney
1998 Designed for Production, Hobart
1996 Designex, Sydney International Contemporary Furniture Fair (CSS, New York) Wood Trust, Sydney Handmark Gallery, Hobart Points of Diversity, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
1995 Places of Importance, Craft Council of ACT, Canberra ACT Tasmanian Wood Design Collection, Collector's Prize, Winner
Bibliography
2000 The Huon Pine Story, Garry Kerr
1999 The People's Forest by Gregg Borschman, Australian Wood Review, by Jim McKee
1997 Masters of their Craft, Noris Loannou
1996 40¼ South, No. 3 Contract Design, Miller and Freeman, New York Craft Arts International, No. 37, Sydney Australian Wood Review, No. 4 Research
1999 Small ARC - 3D veneering. John Smith is the Chief Investigator