NWDC Member Artist Talk: Seth Rolland
Presented on Zoom
Sunday, February 15, 2026
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
ZOOM REGISTRATION LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/CNJt8IBWQ7-vRbfcq3UOAA
Join NWDC Members and other craft lovers on Sunday, February 15 at 3 PM for our next NWDC Member Artist Talk presented on Zoom. This talk is open to the public.
Since 1990 Seth Rolland has been designing and building custom furniture. Thanks to his architect mother and landscape architect father, he was given tools and materials at a young age, and had many discussions about design. His path to woodworking may have begun at age six, when he built a raft, or later, while working on trail crews or during a boat-building class with 83-year-old master John Gardner. But an apprenticeship with custom furniture maker and sculptor Janis Colella taught Seth that furniture offered a wonderful freedom of expression.
“Furniture is interactive and we develop a bond as we eat, sit, play, sleep, work and live with it. When a table, chair, bed or desk leaves my workshop, I hope it becomes part of your life and history through generations of use.” – Seth Rolland
“Eddy Coffee Table,” Salvaged mahogany and stone, 17" x 30" x 59", 2016.
“Thuja Spiralis,” Salvaged cedar, 30" x 3" x 37", 2024.
NWDC’s Mission is to educate the public about Craft. It is also our intention for members to know each other – to have community. Our Zoom Artist Talks address both of these purposes. The Zoom talks grew out of a tradition from in-person meetings where members presented their life story and their work. It was a way to share with each other and to get to know each other in depth. A strong Crafts community is essential to promoting Craft in our wider culture.
When the talks moved to Zoom during the pandemic, we immediately saw a new advantage: far-away members could participate in real-time, the public could tune in, and we could make a permanent record of the talks on YouTube.
The support team for the Zoom talks include Executive Director Daniel Wallace, President Nancy Loorem Adams, Katherine Lewis, Lois Harbaugh, and Denise Snyder.