Robell Awake
Robell Awake is a chairmaker, teacher, and researcher based in Atlanta, Georgia. His work aims to center Black aesthetic traditions and histories through scholarship and craft. He is a recipient of the Center for Craft’s Craft Research Fund Artist Fellowship and has taught at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Penland School of Craft, and the Woodworking School at Pine Croft, and has presented at the Furniture Society, Warren Wilson College, Berea College, Washington College, and the North Bennet Street School. Awake was recently selected as one of the Dwell 24, Dwell magazine’s awards for the best emerging designers from around the world. His forthcoming book, A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects, will be published through Princeton Architectural Press next year.
Available Work
Robell Awake
White oak, hickory, paper cord, rhinestones, milk paint, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, found packaging materials, currency, corrugated plastic, Prozac
34h x 17w x 17d inches
Robell Awake
White oak, hickory, paper cord, rhinestones, milk paint, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, found bottle cap
34.5h x 18.5w x 17d inches