About
Christina Boy Design is a one woman woodworking studio at the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Madison County, Virginia. Her original pieces are made from locally sourced, domestic wood using both traditional and modern woodworking techniques.
Aside from her one of a kind pieces and small batch production items, Christina also works with her clients one-on-one to create custom furniture pieces for their homes. Her work is inspired by the clean, straightforward design of the Bauhaus era and early to mid century modern Scandinavian design. The clean, straight lines of a table or bench are often juxtaposed with a funky edge, bright color, or a dynamic diagonal detail.
Design
Christina combines modern lines with patterns, textures, and colors that are heavily influenced by the rolling hills, hayfields, and weathered farm buildings all around her. A lot of the textures are created on the bandsaw or with carving tools, are painted with multiple layers of milk paint, then sanded and distressed to reveal the textures below, while the layers of paint add visual depth. She also adds texture by combining other materials with wood, such as rope or leather strapping woven into a seat or back.
Close attention is paid to every detail using both traditional and modern techniques to craft a fun and meaningful piece that she hopes will be in families for many generations.
In her pursuit of becoming more eco-friendly in her practice, Christina uses rain barrels as her main water source in the studio with which she mixes her paints, etc. Her finishes are low to no VOC, and a few times a year she does scrap control: her usable scraps get turned into smaller household and kitchen items or become the colorful slat-like elements in her larger pieces, the sawdust goes into the barns and compost pile, and the unusable scrap gets distributed amongst family members to be used as kindling for their wood stoves.
The Studio
During the summer of 2011 - instead of going on a honeymoon with my sweet man - he helped me build a studio instead.
This space - in which I spend many days and hours a week - would not have been possible with the help of the following people who gave from their hearts to make mine soar. They donated time, materials, lunches, labour and financially to the SHOP - a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you!!!!!
Robert Turner, Charles + Loyonne Turner, Dieter + Mary Boy, Judy Boy Wagoner, Katie Hudnall, Chris + Shauni Thomas, Sandra Boy, Bruce + Julia Overton, Zac Lopez-Ibanez, WES Stitt, George and Susan Wagoner, Angela Letizia, Frank Loertscher, Chris Todd, Mike Davis, Laura Lyons, John Boy, Kiara Pellissier, Amanda + Garreth McAdam, Katie + Tony Sundermeier, Corinna Jentzsch, Dr. John McGuire, Robyn Puryear, Adrienne Phillips, Jason Daniels, Cheryl Burnett, Amy Tavern, Jason Burnett, Anne Wagoner Ford + Graham Ford, Anita Moree, Susie Silbert, Jessica Harrington, Leslie Noell + Hoss Haley, Joel Woods, Nathan Cowan, and Benjamin Brockmann.
Building the Studio, 2011
