Date of Award
Spring 5-22-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Furniture
First Advisor
Christopher Specce
Second Advisor
Tyler Inman
Third Advisor
Elise McMahon
Abstract
…For Now follows a body of furniture made as the culmination of four years of intense transition. Through personal narratives, I reflect back on my work, investigating and recognizing the value of impermanence in relation to hand handcrafted heirloom furniture, using beautiful, functional, livable pieces as tools able to register time rather than resist it.
This thesis considers what it means to make heirloom objects for lives that are never fixed. The pieces are meant to be touched, used, altered, and continued. They are finished only for now.
Recommended Citation
Wities, Eriq, "For Now" (2026). Masters Theses. 1619.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1619
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