THE USUAL HOTEL
[Interior Application: Custom Samurai Spirit]
2024
A commission by Studio Ellie Maya for The Usual Hotel in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Working with two industrial waste streams, a customised Samurai Spirit design was created using locally sourced deadstock braided materials and woven sun screen materials.
The hotel branding was subtly integrated into the design to demonstrate the sustainable ethos of the hotel. The custom Samurai Spriti is located in the ground floor foyer of the hotel which sets the tone for guest experience and showcases how art can play a part in regenerative hospitality.
Feel free to get in touch if you would like to explore a custom Samurai Spirit for your project. Email me!
Working with two industrial waste streams, a customised Samurai Spirit design was created using locally sourced deadstock braided materials and woven sun screen materials.
The hotel branding was subtly integrated into the design to demonstrate the sustainable ethos of the hotel. The custom Samurai Spriti is located in the ground floor foyer of the hotel which sets the tone for guest experience and showcases how art can play a part in regenerative hospitality.
Feel free to get in touch if you would like to explore a custom Samurai Spirit for your project. Email me!
LIGHT CHARMER TOTEM
[Kumihimo, hand braiding, paper yarn, wood veneer]
2024
The concept of a traditional Japanese lantern is transformed whilst using the same elements of light, paper and wood.
The ancient hand braiding technique of Kumihimo allows for colourful paper yarns to be braided to bind wooden elements to create volumes. The LED light flows like an illuminous yarn dancing in its wooden cage.
Light source:
Flexible LED strip with braided exterior
Paper Raffia colours:
Dark Blue, Light Blue, Green, Aquamarine
Dimensions: 144cm(H) x 44cm(W)
Cable length: 3.75m, Dark Blue
Including foot dimmer switch
€2450 – (excluding TAX and shipping)
Contact for custom colourways
Email me!
The ancient hand braiding technique of Kumihimo allows for colourful paper yarns to be braided to bind wooden elements to create volumes. The LED light flows like an illuminous yarn dancing in its wooden cage.
Light source:
Flexible LED strip with braided exterior
Paper Raffia colours:
Dark Blue, Light Blue, Green, Aquamarine
Dimensions: 144cm(H) x 44cm(W)
Cable length: 3.75m, Dark Blue
Including foot dimmer switch
€2450 – (excluding TAX and shipping)
Contact for custom colourways
Email me!
When you close your eyes,
what do you see?
Images leak into vision through the unlocking of my unconscious mind to depict worlds invented through wandering imagination. Some vivid, some warm, some calming. Colours morph and blend in a symphony of hues never witnessed in the waking world, casting the scenery in a luminous glow. The very fabric of reality unravels, giving way to the extraordinary and the fantastical.
Welcome to my Dreamscape.
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Images leak into vision through the unlocking of my unconscious mind to depict worlds invented through wandering imagination. Some vivid, some warm, some calming. Colours morph and blend in a symphony of hues never witnessed in the waking world, casting the scenery in a luminous glow. The very fabric of reality unravels, giving way to the extraordinary and the fantastical.
Welcome to my Dreamscape.
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Inspired by traditional Samurai Armour,
FLOAT is a series of upholstered seating designs that combines wood, wool and braided materials to offer a moment of rest.
Whilst retaining the same elements of wood, paper and light, The Light Charmer re-imagines the traditional Japanese lantern using the ancient technique of kumihimo braiding to sculpt light.
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