The development and production of Donald Judd's furniture resulted partially from necessity, as he wrote in 1993: «There was no furniture and none to be bought, either old, since the town [Marfa, Texas] had not shrunk or changed much since its beginning in 1883, or new, since the
few stores sold only
fake antiques or tubular kitchen furniture with plastic surfaces printed with inane geometric patterns or
flowers.»
First thing I did was pick some
flowers in the woods down the street.Then I added a
few things to the mantle in our living room.It looks pretty with the candlelight.The glow of the candle reflects off the brass lamp which gives light to the pumpkins I paintedA
few more bits and pieces finish it off: brass deer, brass candlesticks, initial and
flowers.Some
fake bittersweet lining the mantle to finish it off.