Born in Brazil and currently based in Savannah, Georgia, Lee Parker’s introduction to furniture design was through her work as an interior designer. “Interior designers love and appreciate furniture, so the appreciation was always there,” she explained in an interview with Matter of Hand. “But when I was working in residential interior design, we used to have to pick out furniture a lot and I always wished that aspects of the pieces were different in this or that way.”

Still, it took time for Lee Parker to muster the courage needed to turn her attention to furniture making. “I never had confidence that I could actually design things until I came back to Savannah and enrolled in a master’s program for furniture,” she notes.

Her objects are made of organic materials, that make for an earthy, grounded, effect. Those include wood and metals, as well as ceramics, another, separate, passion of Lee Parker. Each piece is sketched out beforehand, providing blueprints for her collection. “I have to know generally what height or width I need,” she says. “It’s so much easier for me to have everything drawn; it’s kind of like having blueprints. You kind of have to. It’s a little different than being in sculpture.”

See some of her unique creations in the gallery below and share with us your favorites.

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“I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

Part of her ceramic objects’ appeal is that they’re all handmade, either hand-built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted, adding a personal touch to them. Other than ceramics, Quan also works with other organic materials that include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she explains, talking about the creative process that goes behind the scenes. “I have to be able to see the process linearly,” stresses Quan. “Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

Take a look at some of her original designs in the gallery below.

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Run by Miranda Moreira, the brand is known for its line of distinctive objects inspired by art as well as pop culture. These include graphic art pieces that are made from mirror, enamel, and powder-coated steel, characterized by modern forms and a bold sense of color. The ranges are all designed in Australia and made in small quantities in collaboration with local Melbourne makers.

Based in Melbourne, Moreira studied Fine Arts, after which she lived and worked in Paris for six years. Establishing the Bride & Wolfe brand on her return to Melbourne, she sought to bring together her passion for art and European craftsmanship with the youthful irreverence of Australian culture.

“I’m so visual, seeing colors and patterns whilst food shopping can be as inspiring as looking through art books or surfing the net,” shared Moreira in an interview with the Little Citizens Boutique Blog. “I’ve become more nostalgic since I’ve become a mum, and my childhood in St Kilda is hugely influential- panel vans, hot summers on the beach, icypoles and Oz rock!”

Whatever her sources of inspiration are, the result is something you’d want to get your hands on.

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Graduating with Bachelors of Fine Art in painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she studied painting and later embroidery, Mior has exhibited her work in showrooms in Vancouver and New York City.

“Weaving is so much more immediate than embroidery, which makes it very therapeutic,” she shared with MONTECRISTO Magazine. After purchasing a tufting gun, she taught herself how to use it. “It took me forever to figure out how it worked. It only works in one direction, and I didn’t understand that part,” she recalled. But now, of course, her whole studio is based around the production of rugs and other hand tufted textiles.

Her tufted textiles focus mainly on plump, illustrated characters that remind of Matisse and Tracey Emin, with a nod to the perspectives inspired by Kazimir Malevich. “The rugs are made to be put on the ground,” she admitted. “A lot of people who buy my work want to hang them, but that isn’t necessarily how I intend it.”

But looking at her work it’s easy to see why people feel bad stepping on it.

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Born in Brazil and currently based in Savannah, Georgia, Lee Parker’s introduction to furniture design was through her work as an interior designer. “Interior designers love and appreciate furniture, so the appreciation was always there,” she explained in an interview with Matter of Hand. “But when I was working in residential interior design, we used to have to pick out furniture a lot and I always wished that aspects of the pieces were different in this or that way.”

Still, it took time for Lee Parker to muster the courage needed to turn her attention to furniture making. “I never had confidence that I could actually design things until I came back to Savannah and enrolled in a master’s program for furniture,” she notes.

Her objects are made of organic materials, that make for an earthy, grounded, effect. Those include wood and metals, as well as ceramics, another, separate, passion of Lee Parker. Each piece is sketched out beforehand, providing blueprints for her collection. “I have to know generally what height or width I need,” she says. “It’s so much easier for me to have everything drawn; it’s kind of like having blueprints. You kind of have to. It’s a little different than being in sculpture.”

See some of her unique creations in the gallery below and share with us your favorites.

The post Eny Lee Parker Will Make You Fall in Love With Furniture appeared first on MobiSpirit.

“I want my pieces to create moments where people look back at their intentions and how they want to operate in the world, what they wish to see or have or be or connect with,” she once remarked in an interview with Matter of Hand. “Just bringing them back into the present and connecting them to the beauty of the world; that’s a moment where everyone feels really good. It’s like touching ground before you go off into the craziness.”

Part of her ceramic objects’ appeal is that they’re all handmade, either hand-built or thrown on the wheel, after which they are hand-painted, adding a personal touch to them. Other than ceramics, Quan also works with other organic materials that include hand-dyed cotton, hemp rope, and reclaimed wood.

“When making things I have to see it in my head first,” she explains, talking about the creative process that goes behind the scenes. “I have to be able to see the process linearly,” stresses Quan. “Once I figure out how to make something the first time I’ll make a template so that I don’t have to re-think it every time. If you have to think too hard it’s more exhausting.”

Take a look at some of her original designs in the gallery below.

The post Michele Quan Makes Unique Ceramic Objetcs appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Run by Miranda Moreira, the brand is known for its line of distinctive objects inspired by art as well as pop culture. These include graphic art pieces that are made from mirror, enamel, and powder-coated steel, characterized by modern forms and a bold sense of color. The ranges are all designed in Australia and made in small quantities in collaboration with local Melbourne makers.

Based in Melbourne, Moreira studied Fine Arts, after which she lived and worked in Paris for six years. Establishing the Bride & Wolfe brand on her return to Melbourne, she sought to bring together her passion for art and European craftsmanship with the youthful irreverence of Australian culture.

“I’m so visual, seeing colors and patterns whilst food shopping can be as inspiring as looking through art books or surfing the net,” shared Moreira in an interview with the Little Citizens Boutique Blog. “I’ve become more nostalgic since I’ve become a mum, and my childhood in St Kilda is hugely influential- panel vans, hot summers on the beach, icypoles and Oz rock!”

Whatever her sources of inspiration are, the result is something you’d want to get your hands on.

The post Decorate Your House Like a Pro with Bride & Wolfe appeared first on MobiSpirit.

Graduating with Bachelors of Fine Art in painting from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she studied painting and later embroidery, Mior has exhibited her work in showrooms in Vancouver and New York City.

“Weaving is so much more immediate than embroidery, which makes it very therapeutic,” she shared with MONTECRISTO Magazine. After purchasing a tufting gun, she taught herself how to use it. “It took me forever to figure out how it worked. It only works in one direction, and I didn’t understand that part,” she recalled. But now, of course, her whole studio is based around the production of rugs and other hand tufted textiles.

Her tufted textiles focus mainly on plump, illustrated characters that remind of Matisse and Tracey Emin, with a nod to the perspectives inspired by Kazimir Malevich. “The rugs are made to be put on the ground,” she admitted. “A lot of people who buy my work want to hang them, but that isn’t necessarily how I intend it.”

But looking at her work it’s easy to see why people feel bad stepping on it.

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