Forrest Hudes
is a second generation Jewish-American woodworker, designer, and artist. Driven by a passion for discovering contemporary forms for traditional objects that reinforce and encourage social progress.
After receiving a BA in Theater and Dance from Amherst College his creative practice morphed to focus on functional object and spatial design. Forrest has made objects for homes, offices, retail and restaurant interiors, scenic environments, and residential architectural projects in New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit.
Forrest creates furniture about feelings, exploring the home as a site of ritual and performance. Through blending cheap materials, construction aesthetics and methods, and craft techniques as a way of layering and subverting value systems - he is able to uncover magic within sanitized spaces.
