Egg-Shaped Jewelry Cabinet with Stool Sculpture

Peter Leue (pronounced Loya) (b. 1946) has worked in wood and mixed media for five decades. An award-winning artist and craftsman, Peter concentrates on interactive and functional sculpture. . After spending 12 years teaching, Peter began full-time woodworking in 1981, and for over two decades, specialized in architectural reproduction woodworking, for which he won a Preservation Merit Award from the Historic Albany Foundation in 1984. In 2000, he began the restoration of an 1850's Gothic Revival cottage, which resulted in another Preservation Merit Award in 2004. In 2007, he sold his large shop and designed and built a 900-square-foot studio next to his home. Peter now concentrates on creating sculpture, functional sculpture, commissioned studio furniture and interactive works of art.