“Over 35 years combined experience in design and fabrication, across multiple disciplines including commercial, residential and even theatrical!”
Adam Gutkin
Since I was a child, I can’t remember not being around people working to create. I was lucky to be around artists creating something from absolutely nothing through different mediums.
I remember watching my father build his work bench. My grandfather cleaning his custom coveted toolbox , he made with his father.
Mostly though, I profoundly remember being young and watching my mother creating with a team of people. As a Choreographer, she would work with Scenic Designers, Carpenters, Lighting Designers, Directors, Dancers… and I was there with my eyes on it all.
As I got older, and learned techniques ranging from theatrical, to raw furniture craft, I found myself gravitating to design.
I have worked as a Master Carpenter, Scenic Designer, Fabricator, Lighting Technician, and Electrician all professionally. Utilizing mediums from wood, steel, foam, maché, wire, aluminum, acrylic, stone, and near everything under the sun… to create entire universes on stage and beyond that had only previously existed on paper or in the authors mind.
After my formal education, I began getting asked to help redesign and rebrand businesses. Friends would ask me to help design pieces for their homes. I found a specific knish. I was getting asked by people who either inherited, or in someway, had a concept that worked, and needed help. I found a passion for helping create through design, and craftsmanship, what I used to create on stage. A truly unique space for people to interact in, that would generate emotional context. Spaces for people to live in, or meet and reunite with old friends, celebrate each other, or feel comforted with each other in. Truly unique functional spaces that evoke emotional context, and/or in turn, create a brands identity. Or the statement piece a family can pass down through generations.
In The Build: Chicago, we are creating a space where the only limit to what we can do for our clients, is their own imagination. I bring my skillset to bare on every job. Re-concepts, to home renovation, and single piece creation or rehabilitation. I am happy to be a part of TBC, and one of the people you know who do that thing. When you say you “gotta guy”… you truly do have us in your corner at TBC.
Tony Bozzuto
Most kids have built something with a parent that sparked their desire to make a build. Mine was a home for my rabbit Spunky. However my official training started in the set shop of Villanova University. When I wasn’t on stage or in class, I was in the shop building sets, hanging and focusing lights and just learning all I could. I loved that job!
I dabbled in home inspections for a bit in my post grad years, learning the ins and outs of how homes are built. But I could only look at the homes. I couldn’t improve on them and that made my mind go crazy with ideas.
Finally I took my shop skills and began to work for myself, starting a home remodeling business. From that point forward I was completely self taught, learning as I went. From remodeling bathrooms and kitchens, to custom trim work and one of a kind installations. There were bumps along the road, but I value every tile, stud, and bead of caulk. Each one made me better and carried the pride and rarity of a job well done. That journey has led me to here.
After 6 years, the shop life is calling my name again. Now I can honestly say that I am so proud to take my experience and knowledge in such many diverse disciplines to The Build: Chicago where I can be a part of creative team that is ready to execute whatever we can dream up. I hope we can help make your dreams a reality.
Wesley Daniel
Wesley Daniel is a Chicago based muralist specializing in surrealist pixelated pop art. Many of his works feature animals engaging in human activity though his entire body of work is much more broad. He is versed in many mediums such as graphic design, screen printing, and traditional painting. Wesley has been creating and selling art for over twenty years and started by selling sketches of Pokémon to his classmates in the 4th grade. The majority of his work is commission based, which he prefers, as he feels the most exciting part about creating art is the collaborative process. You can find much of his work on his Instagram handle @dbltake.art
