Gallery: Furniture So Bizarrely Made That It Becomes Art

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    A chandelier made from brown medical tubing lights, wood and resin-tipped tin foil joints and yellow rope. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Kahn calls the added embellishments charms. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    This table seems pretty normal. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Until you plug it in. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Kahn says he originally wanted to use beige fluorescent lights, but the color was difficult to find due to its lack of popularity. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    One of Kahn's older works from when he was in school. It's a choose-your-own-adventure cabinet. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    This seat is modeled after a pig bench, only instead of using a logs, Kahn layered resin and synthetic materials. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Originally he wanted to make an entire log cabin out of the material, but "time and money had something to say about that," he says. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    One of Kahn's more straightforward pieces. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Kahn says the casting process is perfect for New York City because of tight quarters. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    This lamp looks like it's made from inflatable plastic, but it was actually formed by pouring concrete into vinyl bags that Kahn stitched together. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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    Another concrete lamp. *Image: Misha Kahn/Johnson Trading Gallery*
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