Steve Heller
Steve is an artist, sculptor, furniture maker and custom car builder. His work has been exhibited and photographed and highlighted in dozens of magazines as varied as Architectural Digest and Hot Rod Magazine. Newspapers as diverse as the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times and the Ulster County Pennysaver have written about Steve’s sculpture. His work was also prominently featured in the book Weird New York.
Exhibitions:
-His custom car "The Marquis Desoto" won first place in class at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show.
-He was part of the Ed “Big Daddy” Roth retrospective at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles.
-He was part of the Art-Car exhibit at the New York International Auto Show for the two years they had the exhibit.
-His guitar sculpture, The Stratocrusier, was the hit of the Guitar 2000 Festival in Woodstock NY.
-Has been spotlighted on CNN numerous times, as well as recently being featured on HGTV.
photograph by Franco Vogt
Exhibitions:
-His custom car "The Marquis Desoto" won first place in class at the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show.
-He was part of the Ed “Big Daddy” Roth retrospective at the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles.
-He was part of the Art-Car exhibit at the New York International Auto Show for the two years they had the exhibit.
-His guitar sculpture, The Stratocrusier, was the hit of the Guitar 2000 Festival in Woodstock NY.
-Has been spotlighted on CNN numerous times, as well as recently being featured on HGTV.
photograph by Franco Vogt
Martha Frankel
When Martha isn’t running Fabulous Furniture, she works as an award winning entertainment journalist who has published over a thousand celebrity interviews in national magazines. Martha is active in the Woodstock Film Festival and co-hosts a Sunday morning talk show on WDST, the Woodstock radio station. Her memoir, Hats & Eyeglasses, was one of the best-reviewed books of 2008. She is currently the executive director of the Woodstock Writers Festival and is completing her first novel Reading The Rings. Her latest finished work debuted in April, called Brazilian Sexy (Secrets to Living a Gorgeous and Confident Life), a lifestyle book co-written with Janea Padilha from the J Sisters Salon.
for an interesting insight into Martha, read this NYTimes article.
Her Website: http://marthafrankel.com/
photograph by Franco Vogt
for an interesting insight into Martha, read this NYTimes article.
Her Website: http://marthafrankel.com/
photograph by Franco Vogt
Mike Karpf
Mike has been working for Steve over eleven years and started out as an apprentice, washing Steve’s cars. He now plays a major role, helping Steve design the custom cars and does most of the metal fabrication. Steve says Mike is a better welder then him. One of the things Mike can do, besides build amazing models, is to take Steve's initial concept drawings, usually done on a napkin, and bring them to life. He's also just started customizing motor-bikes and fabricates many of the parts by hand. He's one talented and creative guy, and for Steve and Martha, he is family.
Model/bike Photos here
NEW VIDEO!
Check out Mike's secret obsession on the video page!
photograph by Steve Orbach
Model/bike Photos here
NEW VIDEO!
Check out Mike's secret obsession on the video page!
photograph by Steve Orbach
Rocket Boy
Breed: Manchester Terrier
Steve's best friend -besides Martha - Rocket Boy, loves to do tricks. He can jump through hoops and loves to retrieve anything you want to throw. He's the shop dog who passes his time during the day, sleeping, chasing the occasional bear and loves to grab his toy and spin it around at a hundred miles an hour. The toy? A metal truck with a rope tied to it! It's great fun to watch!
He also has "scissor teeth" for tearing and biting and is a direct descendant from a Velociraptor!
photograph by Steve Orbach
Steve's best friend -besides Martha - Rocket Boy, loves to do tricks. He can jump through hoops and loves to retrieve anything you want to throw. He's the shop dog who passes his time during the day, sleeping, chasing the occasional bear and loves to grab his toy and spin it around at a hundred miles an hour. The toy? A metal truck with a rope tied to it! It's great fun to watch!
He also has "scissor teeth" for tearing and biting and is a direct descendant from a Velociraptor!
photograph by Steve Orbach
