SAWKILLE

31 West Market Street, Rhinebeck, NY 12572
845 876 2228
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We are a small group of artisans from the Catskills, who have been designing and building contemporary, solid wood, hand made furniture for the past 15 years. We recently joined together to create SAWKILLE Co. after founding and operating three other companies, Serv ce Station, BDDW & Prandoni Fabrication & Design. We are not only interested in furniture, in our new space you will find sculpture, art and handiworks from what we'll consider a 'best of the Catksills' selection of goods.

We draw from the heritage in the Hudson Valley, of people creating and working to build a life around what is meaningful to them. With respect to our industry of hand made goods and furniture we have coined the concept of Rural American Design, in hopes of bringing a bigger awareness to the riches of living and creating in the countryside that we call home.

We design and build work that will improve with time and use, we hope to add something lovely to an environment that you cultivate, to inspire and nurture yourself or someone you know.

Jonah Meyer - Partner, Designer, Artist

Meyer distinguished himself as an artist when he moved to the Catskills after graduating from Rhode Island School of Design in 1993. Meyer utilized the shapes within the forest in developing his signature twig furniture, collected by furniture enthusiasts and clients such as Marshall Chess and Garry Knox Bennett. A return to painting, the beginning of his large, sculptural wood constructions and his current furniture line began with the move of his studio to a large warehouse space in Kingston, NY where he still works. Notably, he was nominated as a sculptor, by Martin Puryear in 2003, for inclusion in a Dorsky Museum show highlighting Hudson Valley Artists. His work may also be seen at: MATTER, Broom Street, NY, NY, ROOM, NY, NY & Westport, CT, Caleb Meyer Studio, Germantown, PA, Karkula, New York, NY.

In 2003 Meyer co-founded SERV CE STATION, a Rural American Design shop to represent his work. After 7 years, many installations and the development of a line of furniture, SERV CE STATION joined with a few more artisans to become SAWKILLE Co.

Prandoni Fabrication & Design, Mathew and Stuart Verrilli - Collaborators

The Verrilli brothers grew up in Rhinebeck, NY. Stuart graduated in 1987 from PRATT in Industrial Design and after employment as an ID and special effects model maker he returned upstate to start Prandoni with brother Matt.

The Verrillis' father had introduced them to two brothers from Prandoni Farm in Brescia, of Northern Italy. It was the namesake farm that inspired the American brothers to unite and recreate that same atmosphere in their business together and become Prandoni Fabrication & Design. 13 years into it they are known for not only their skill and ability in the shop but their commitment to community, friendship & family.

The Tremper Building which now houses showroom and headquarters for SAWKIILE Co. was built by the Verrilli's grandfather - after years of collaborating with Jonah Meyer and Serv ce Station on sculptural and furniture projects, punk rock basement concerts and sharing the adventure of self employment, the Verrilli's offered up a new space to inspire growth and community presence for what is now SAWKILLE Co.

Responsible for the resolution of the design on all the metal components in SAWKILLE's furniture, Prandoni has infiltrated their regard for people and community as well as their distinctive metal work, into what SAWKILLE Co. is all about.

Tara De Lisio - Partner

It wasn't until she had received her Bachelors in Biology, worked in multiple animal hospitals, in prep for veterinary school, and then a Masters Degree in Teaching, that she found herself working in a commercial photography studio, high on a mountain in the Catskills. Right back where she had been, when she decided not to have a career in the arts, after growing up in Woodstock, NY. And committed to living where there were more sunny, blue sky days than not, which is why she had attended college in New Mexico and continued to live on the West Coast.

It was the inspiration she felt, in witnessing an artist work himself and his employees, for the sake of his creative vision and a lucrative & exciting career in the arts, that she decided to reconsider. In 2003 De Lisio joined with Jonah Meyer, to open a rural design outpost as a showcase for his work. Working as studio assistant, co-designer, bookkeeper, web designer and sales rep. De Lisio had the vision that this space would be about making a life doing something that felt good, while allowing she and Meyer to connect with the diverse and interesting people living in and visiting the Catskill Region. In fact it was while working at Serv ce Station that she met future business partner Josh Vogel. After 7 bountiful and exciting years as SERV CE STATION, De Lisio & Meyer both felt it was a good time to evolve and from this SAWKILLE Co. was born.