Masters of the Craft - Matthias Pliessnig

[@drewgrieve2376]

Wonderful wonderful wonderful I can't think of another word. Out of this world 😊

[@53JolietJake]

Fine Woodworking. I love this series, Masters of the Craft. I hope there will be more. Very inspirational.

[@FineWoodworking]

+Marty Vietoris You can see all of the Masters of the Craft here: www.finewoodworking.com/blog/masters-of-the-craft We are porting them all over to youtube. One every two weeks. But there are dozens currently up for you!

[@foadrightnow5725]

Art with a purpose! Imagine that! I find these pieces to be very visually satisfying. He deserves all the recognition and accolades he receives. Beautiful work!

[@aligned4good]

I am in AWE! What beautiful creations....Wow!

[@MajidAlQassimi]

Keep these coming!!!! Love it!

[@FineWoodworking]

+Majid Al Qassimi You can expect one every two weeks!

[@iiviin]

+FineWoodworking great! I hope to build my skill and creativity to that level.

[@FineWoodworking]

Same here! -Ben

[@Thom4123]

Amazing absolutely beautiful and just draw dropping work bravo.

[@jlf1430]

Truly a master of the craft. Thank you for sharing and inspiring...

[@thomastieffenbacherdocsava1549]

Giving insight into the craftsman give depth to the craftsman's work. Ultimately organic and technical at the same moment. Thanks!

[@bruceschneider4928]

WOW! Fantastic.

[@michaelbarrett1914]

this body of work is amazing. An entirely new approach to an old idea results in what every Craftsman dreams of, true appreciation for one's craft and the validity of that through the desire by the World to have more of it in a quantity to keep the Craftsman \artisan busy and content in their work.

[@MarkGarth]

Stunningly beautiful design and craftsmanship.

[@denisnetto_2024]

Unbelievable! Marvellous!

[@olrenison]

Unbelievably beautiful and clever work.

[@dennisjaros3345]

Beautiful craftsmanship

[@fdc313]

I was almost in a state of nirvana while watching this, and then at 3:57 this alien half cat half dog showed up and took me from my bliss.

[@annakeye]

This is so fluid, so organic that they almost look like they've grown like that. I would love to see buildings and houses built on this design style. The shape is clearly very strong and using new materials, perhaps composite carbon fibre, aluminium, recycled plastics.., who knows. This is awesome.

[@tanyaleef5138]

Amazing❤

[@DaveHernandez_davido]

wow...amazing!

[@gee3883]

Quite incredible.

[@glaucobass]

Awesome work!

[@randyfletcher3898]

Way to go Matthias! Since I believe "everything is a remix" when it comes to the narrative of artistic innovation and progress, I feel the narration failed to mention where this technique came from. It came from David Trubridge. While David's forms are more simple in execution as the technique was in its infancy and he eventually had to design for production, it should be mentioned that his work, beyond any other was the source of Matthias's inspiration. You hear it in the world of chefs, writers and designers everywhere, we all exist in a community, our ideas come from other sources on which we build upon in a linear fashion and that this is ok as long as we acknowledge those sources. I know Mathias has mentioned David's work and David is fine with it, who wouldn't? He took his concept and advanced to such an incredible level, of such beauty and technique that it would be impossible and arrogant to not step back and say "damn son, you did good." But when celebrating an artist's work, we should also acknowledge the originator. You never see live edge tables mentioned without Nakashima's name associated as the source, nor should we let David's pioneering work go unmentioned in the same essay. That being said, great video, and bravo to Matthias for the well deserved recognition for his hard and most beautiful of work.

[@richarddunn504]

Nice video, bizarrely my copy of FW landed on the mat, whilst watching this, with Pliessnig's sinuous seating on the back cover...

[@FineWoodworking]

+Richard Dunn awesome!

[@blackswanprepping8827]

Beautiful!

[@greedance6583]

Incredible

[@JyotishchandraSevak]

Excellent, Innovative, Mind blowing ideas converted into reality Benches acting as a Benchmark for design community.

[@AndreaArzensek]

That is amazing!

[@ClothstudioCa]

love this

[@nateauld]

Very interesting. I disagree with the idea that form is not itself a function but I get the dichotomy. Thanks for sharing.

[@All4mula]

respect

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

They don't mention it, but I think there must be time spent applying butt to bench to make sure they function as well as they look. Also, his process makes the work seem more like molding and casting than sculpture or furniture making. He makes a rough mold, and cast, refines the cast, then makes another mold, cleaning it up, then a refined cast and final mold, then a final casting, throwing away the mold it was made from. It's brilliant in its simplicity.

[@CarlosArias-jk5wn]

its actually quite funny that he made the connection from Boat design and 3d modeling specifically rhino because it use nurbs modeling which was one of the first computer modeling system and it was created as a need for boat designers and engineers to calculate the complex curves needed

[@peteryeung111]

I see a very nice architectural building too.

[@brandonfillmore8723]

This is inspiring

[@jrg1709]

Cool.

[@sajidullah]

woooooow

[@mdevidograndpacificlumbera1539]

un-fucking-believable

[@robvegart]

10 people are squares

[@Samtagri]

For a moment I thought the video was about Mathias Wandle and got excited. Don't really care about the dude.

[@FineWoodworking]

+Samtagri I love Mathias Wandle's videos as well. We are just trying to introduce our KZbin audience to some new craftsmen that they might not know of. -Ben

[@texfax]

+Samtagri Then please go back looking at someone full of himself building garbage and let us enjoy true art.

[@BenStrano]

+texfax There's room for everyone here on KZbin!

[@tirpitz19]

They have both,German blood and ingenuity.

[@JaredCzaia]

This is the only craftsman you featured that I HAVE heard, funnily enough. His work is awesome.

[@svtrader]

Nice to look at , but, not practical.

[@thegreenman4898]

nice work but hardly original, people have been steam bending furniture for centuries. does he ever do anything other than amoeba like benches?

[@BenStrano]

+the green man I don't think he claims to have invented the practice.

[@thegreenman4898]

Ben Strano well not the maker maybe but the narration sure makes it sound like he invented it. its nice work like i said, but after ten years of benches he must be sick of the sight of them.

[@matthiaspliessnig]

+the green man I have never been "sick of the sight of them", quite the opposite. : )