Barlas Baylar Furniture: The Eco-Friendly Ideal

One may see there the evolution of chandeliers, tables, bed frames and their headboards. Metal, wood, glass, and stone have been reinterpreted to furnish civilization. Chain chandeliers with gently sinuous waves of metallic accents trace the descent of light along glass strands dripping fringe-like. The melancholic majesty of dying trees is forever captured by solid slabs serving as seats. Then there are the accessories that seem both stone and wood all at once – petrified wood, naturally. Yet these floor samples only hint at the hustle of his humming New York City workshop.

Twenty-four craftsmen help transform the Barlas Baylar vision into the utilitarian artwork which grace celebrity apartments and upscale boutiques alike. Each piece is unique, with no two exactly alike. With a background in production design and hailing from a family tradition rooted in machinery manufacturing, Baylar founded Hudson Furniture to make use of all-natural antiquated materials modernized with industrial detail to make for organic structures that transform interiors into exteriors by suggesting a universe of ideas without. Surfaces are not simply sanded down, but burnished by hand with broken glass to reveal nature’s own eternal handiwork beneath.

Concern for nature influences his work, and not simply admiration of her. He is devoted to the conservation of nature, and uses only sustainable materials for his consoles, panels, sofas, mirrors, and everything else ever created. Dead or dying lumber is used exclusively, domestically sourced from salvaged arbor wind or storm-damaged. Preferred species include Claro Walnut, Black Walnut, Myrtle, Jasmine, Acacia, Satinwood, and Ebonized Pine removed by owners such as farmers to prevent damage to houses or other trees.

Not a thing goes to waste. Leftover scraps and cuttings of every irregularity are integrated into another design. And through the connections developed by family ties and personal experience in various industries, his company is able to ensure the eco-friendly origins of its materials, with even the approval of embassies and consulates sought when importing necessary materials.

Indeed, Hudson Furniture is proud to be New York’s sole repository for legally harvested petrified wood. Thus Baylar’s geometric forms, traditional joinery techniques, and hand-rubbed oil finishes can continue to return to the nature from which it emerges to grace civilization.

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