About Carl Dennis

Living out of my van after graduating college in 2013, I began selling perfume out of a satchel to tourists along the waterfront of Newport, RI. I decided to make my satchel into a wooden fold-out chair to comfort my surprised customers. I then began successfully selling a briefcase like version of this initial piece of furniture, gaining an award at the Good Festival in 2018 for my product. My expertise as a maker grew at a CNC shop nearby. There I learned to create efficiency in furniture making and helped clients create furniture designs that put them into production. Now I work at an architectural ornamentation shop in Brooklyn, NY, focusing on developing metal cladding, metal cabinetry, and metal ornate fixtures in collaboration with architects around New York City. 

Photo courtesy of Jane Schinasi

Photo courtesy of Jim Keller