Walnut Cantilever arm bench by Phaedo.Dimensions: L 84" x D 18-1/2" x H 35" inches.Materials: Oxidized black walnut.The cantilever bench is a simplified form that blends rationality with functionality.Originally envisioned as an entryway piece, the shelf below provides a practical means of storage without encumbering the overall balance of the piece. Phaedo is a sculpture and design company founded by Morgan Spaulding.At once playful and restrained, somber and lively, Spaulding’s art and furniture personify the ambiguous curvatures of ethereal in-betweens: dreamstates, memories in recession, thresholds in passing.In balanced practice, Spaulding’s ornamental sculpture and functional furniture and design objects strengthen with time. Each piece exists to graft its design story with its relationship to present spaces and contexts. All of Phaedo’s pieces are designed and created by Spaulding in New York’s Catskill Mountains.