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gateway March 25th, 2015
Issue No. 30
Volume 105
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Oliver Apt. constructs carpentry collective Jon Zilinski
arts & culture staff Located right off Jasper Avenue, down a few flights of staircases and a maze of hallways is a small but passionate workshop — Oliver Apt., an urban woodworking company redefining spaces in the Edmonton community with elaborate handcrafted pieces. Founder Landon Schedler, is a carpenter with a community vision. He created Oliver Apt. with the intent to beautify small apartment spaces with simple, elegant furnishing. Their work varies from commissioned pieces for Edmonton restaurants to a selection of artisan furniture that can be purchased on-site. For Schedler, his fascination with craftsmanship began after his career in carpentry wasn't fulfilling his creative side. “After feeling the accomplishment and the pride of standing back from something I built — I was sold. I was captivated to keep building,” Schedler says. He's come a long way since starting, but for a vision to be fulfilled, the artist must first be noticed. For Schedler, much of his fanfare started with the carpentry work that Oliver Apt. did for Edmonton's Duchess Bakery on 124 Street. They created most of the interior, from the ceiling details, to posts and pillars to the shelving from start to finish. “Duchess was an elaborate, hands-on project," Schedler reminisces. "With Duchess … it was like ‘I’m your guy, I’m building out everything.’” It didn’t stop at Duchess for Schedler, who’s gone on to build quality pieces for other Edmonton hot spots such as Meat, Bar Bricco, Farrow and Woodwork. spencer nichols
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