Les French - Glithero
Les French is a series of furniture that embodies the first spontaneous sketch, transformed using bamboo and string, that are then cast in bronze the frame is then paired with a cabinet, desk, console or alternative.
“The duo create objects and installations that are the result of meticulous experimentation and material invention. Bridging the fields of art, design and craft, Glithero are not wed to one particular material or technique, but their works are identifiable by a conceptual idea; to foster a deeper understanding of the value that is created in the moment of making.”
Les French are commissioned through Gallery FUMI.
Fabrication 2021-22
Glitch - Studio Improviso
‘Industrial symbiosis’s is the process by which waste or by-products of an industry or industrial process become the raw materials for another. In this instance the RAF Museum, London donated some of its previous materials and in conjunction with the offcuts from my own studio, hundreds of new slats were created for a series of panels for a cinema in Surrey.
“We are an experimental design practice that creates unique artistic features for spatial projects with a strict interest in sustainably sourced materials, specially through the repurposing of discarded materials.”
Fabrication 2020
Fuzz - Study O Portable
Created layer by layer, in alternating and graduating colours, the Fuzz range slowly transitions from hexagon to circle towards the outside.
“Study O Portable, founded by Bernadette Deddens and Tetsuo Mukai, is a research based practice that makes objects about the designed environment, and our relationship to the cultural landscape that enables it.”
Fuzz are commissioned through Gallery FUMI.
Fabrication 2017-20
HH - Sebastian Cox
Working from a woodland in Kent, a selection of trees are coppiced in line with a woodland management plan that encourages new growth, biodiversity and wildlife to the area. Then they are sculpted, given form whilst remaining true to their nature.
“We design and make for a better future in a forward-thinking, zero-waste, carbon-counting workshop and studio in London, England. We manage woodlands for biodiversity and resources in Kent, England.”
Benches commissioned for Hugh Hayden.
Fabrication 2020
Rail - Peter Marigold
Carving wood seems to be a reoccurring theme in the fabricated work I’ve undertake, this time the result is a clothes rail that plays homage to the climbing structures found in children’s playgrounds, polished by the act of touch through countless hours of play.
The rail was created for the Paul Smith store in Mayfair, London.
Fabrication 2019
BA units - Bond Agency
The parameters for this design were defined by BOND Agency and British Airways. The units are designed to travel the world showcasing various graphics that were mounted on acrylic sheets, these also needed to be backlit and for ease of transport fit within the cabinet.
With doors positioned to maximise access structural integrity, LED lights brought into the interior and casters hidden behind plinths the units, made from grey Valchromat tinted white, not only are highly functional but fit BA’s palette.
Fabrication 2019
Rapha - Tómas Alonso
A pop-up clubhouse. A system of extrusions, shelves, tables, chairs, bike racks, tills and more. Designed to be constructed, deconstructed and reconstructed in numerous ways within a variety of surroundings.
“His method, which might be described as "à la Castiglioni" due to its ideological simplicity, can be summed up as an intelligent morphological synthesis of a technicist type, which focuses on functionality as an absolute value and turns it into an idea for products which are quick and easily understandable into their constitutive elements.”
Fabrication 2017-18
Sculptures - Tim Norris
A university project conceived around the idea of encapsulation, each letter representing one of ‘SPRING’s’ core concepts which in turn was reflect by the objects encapsulated within.
Spanning almost two meters in length the letters were individually back lit with coloured LED panels and installed for the launch of ‘SPRING’; 2016.
