Furniture Making
Just plain old making furniture and refurbishing it.
This section of the portfolio features a range of furniture pieces I have designed and experimented with over time, many of which were later sold online. Each piece reflects a hands-on exploration of materials and techniques, incorporating media such as paint, rope, pyrography, and handmade cardboard moldings to create distinctive, handcrafted designs.
As someone who had moved to the States on a dependent visa, I had a lot of time on my hands and nothing much to do in the beginning. So I started picking up furniture off of Facebook marketplace, refurbishing it or turning it into an art piece, and reselling it to some very enthusiastic buyers. I call the first one “The Immigrant”, since that is what started it off.
What’s famous about them? Well, they were a very simple idea to execute, but somehow was my most loved piece on the market. I had more than 25 buyers lined up. It made me want to start a stripes on table business (the table was an old TV tray my husband had).
The Immigrant
The Famous Stripes
This was when I got my second pyrography pen and decided (for some reason) I should take a perfectly great side table and burn some lines into it. It ended up kind of nice, I like the way the sides of it look. The great thing about this era is I could experiment and make some money without owning any hideous things.
Carved
I made this one simply from watching too much HGTV and wanting to try the distressed look on anything I could get my hands on. This was a good fit for it, since the paint needed to be sanded over anyway. Decent pictures. Will look great in a barn.
Damsel in Distress
These lamps I made when I was very desperate to get some industry experience and I made the mistake of interning for a very horrible, very privileged man who had no manners and yet somehow ended up at RISD.
Lamps
