ASSASSINATION OF HAITI'S
PRESIDENT.
FIRST, WHEN A CHICAGO ARTIST
DECIDED TO STRENGTHEN HIS CRAFT
HE TOOK ON A JOB TO HELP HIM
REFINE THE LINES.
NOW A DECADE LATER HE IS USING
THE SKILLS HE PICKED UP AS AS
MILL WORKER TO CREATE CUSTOM
WOODEN FURNITURE.
ANG ARTS CORRESPONDENT, ANGEL
IDOWU TAKES US TO HIS WORKSHOP.
>> IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER THE
PANDEMIC HIT THAT WOODWORKER
KEITH SKOGSTROM FOUND HIMSELF
MERELY OVERWHELMED WITH ORDERS
FOR CUSTOM WOODEN FURNITURE.
>> FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AT HOME
THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.
THEY WERE AT THEIR DINING ROOM
TABLE AND WORKING FROM HOME AND
THEY NOTICED THE LEGS LOOSE.
FORGET THIS LET'S GET A NEW
TABLE.
>> WITH ORDERS UP NEARLY 400%,
THE GROWTH HE SAW AND HIS
COMPANY GEODESIC DESIGNS GAVE
HIM A CHANCE TO FLEX HIS
ARTISTIC MUSCLES PROFESSIONALLY.
>> WHEN YOU START TO CREATE A
PROCESS WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP?
>> WE CALL IT LIKE A CHAT.
WHEN WE GO OUT AND DO A SITE
SURVEY AS INFORMAL AS NOTES
JOTTING DOWN BASIC DETAIL.
>> EVERY COMMISSIONED PIECE IS
CUSTOM AND THE NUMBER OF HOURS
IT TAKES TO COMPLETE ALONG WITH
THE COST VARY.
HE SHOWED ME A LITTLE BIT OF THE
PROCESS.
>> WHEN WEIGH DID VIOLENT HOUR,
WE COME TO IT WITH THE SAME
PROCESS.
YOU HAVE TO GET THE DESIGN AND
WE HAVE THE BASIC MEETING WITH
THE CLIENT.
WE PRESENT THIS TO THE CLIENT.
AND SAY SURE.
YOU CAN DO THAT.
AND WE WILL MANIFEST IT THE WORD
FOR T WE'LL CREATE IT OUT OF
NOTHING.
THESE ARE INSTALLATIONS AT
VIOLET HOUR IT'S SHARPIE ON
PLYWOOD PAM AND WE SAND IT.
>> IT MAY SOUND SIMPLE IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WOOD
COMES IN AUDIOTAPE SHAPES AND
SIZES.
>> WHEN IT COMES IN IT LOOKS
LIKE THIS.
>> SO THIS IS WHAT WE BUY.
THESE ARE SHOOT GOODS AND BRING
IN.
WE HAVE A TEMPLATE AND WE HAVE
TO RESPOND TO THE WOOD AND THAT
IS JUST AN INDICATIVE ACT OF
WOODWORKING.
YOU HAVE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT
YOU WANT.
>> WOODWORKING REQUIRES A
SPECIFIC AND INTENTIONAL PROCESS
AND THAT'S WHY HE DOESN'T
NECESSARILY SEE HIS PRACTICE TO
BE AN ART FORM.
BECAUSE TO HIM, ART HAS NO
LIMITATIONS.
>> I'VE ALWAYS BOUNCED BACK AND
FORTH BECAUSE WHAT I WORRY ABOUT
IS RUNNING UP AGAINST A CREATIVE
PROJECT THAT I DON'T HAVE THE
TECHNICAL SKILL TO PULL OFF.
EACH TIME I LEARN A NEW
WOODWORKING SET OF SKILLS THE
ARTWORK GETS THAT MUCH BETTER.
I LIKE IT TO BE IMPRESSIVE AND
LOOK DIFFICULT TO MAKE.
FOR ME THAT IS WHERE THE ART AND
WOODWORKING OVERLAP.
>> AS HE LOOKS AHEAD AT
EXPANDING THE BUSINESS AND A
TEAM OF FOUR AS HE MOVES OUT OF
THE PANDEMIC BOOM HE PURCHASED A
NEW MACHINE TO TAKE HIS WORK TO
THE NEXT LEVEL.
>> IT PULLS AND PUSHES IT OUT.
>> IT IS A NEW PLAINER.
I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.
>> MAN THEY DON'T MAKE IT EASY
ON YOU.
DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS IS.
>> LIKE GEEKING OUT IS PROBABLY
THE WORD.
>> I FEEL LIKE A NEWBORN PARENT.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" I'M
ANGEL IDOWU.
>> AND HE SAYS WITH THE HELP OF
HIS NEW PLANER HE WILL BE ABLE
TO COMPLETE WOODEN PIECES THAT