Ian Bawtinheimer
BIO
Ian Bawtinheimer is an artist and designer out of Victoria, BC and a recent graduate of Sheridan's Furniture Design program. His work blends sophisticated linear furniture forms with off kilter, child like moments. Incorporating themes of individuality, function, the home, expression, and honesty, he creates one off pieces with identifiable motifs that run throughout his body of work.
CAPSTONE PROJECT
CAUSEWAY
Causeway came about from the combined thoughts on how to pay homage to the craft, people, and landscape of my home province of British Columbia as well as personal reflection on my path that ultimately brought me to Sheridan College. A pivotal moment in my life was working at the Causeway Marina downtown Victoria. A job filled with odd ball obsessive sailors and day drinking yacht dads. A job that really taught me the patience of understanding, fixing, problem solving, getting my hands dirty, and ultimately the idea of "How Things Work". Causeway is a refined furniture collection that uses nautical references to pay homage to BC and a job that showed me the joys of these qualities that overlap so heavily with furniture design.
FEATURED Work
Title: Coastal Light and Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 61 x 8 , 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron. Douglas Fir, Canvas
Title: Coastal Light
Dimensions: 61 x 8 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron
Title: Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Canvas
Title: Coastal Light and Sailor's Chair
Dimensions: 61 x 8 , 32 x 24 x 24 in.
Year: 2023
Materials: Douglas Fir, Dacron. Douglas Fir, Canvas