SPRUCE FLOOR LAMP
The Spruce Floor Lamp is a new piece, working with a familiar palette in aluminium and hand-made mulberry paper, creating a soft and gentle glow.
The design takes a more decorative turn to my previous work, taking inspiration from the stepped and flowing shapes found in temples in Southeast Asia, and merging with Art Deco influences closer to home. The resulting language of this piece feels both organic and architectural.
KRADAT TABLE LAMP
I designed the Kradat lamp after living in Bangkok, where I spent six months observing and documenting the shapes, materials and atmosphere around me. I loved the way that man-made metallic surfaces collided with older, softer materials, such as paper lanterns and old illustrated prints.
The lampshade is created using hand-made mulberry paper, carefully collected from the Bo Sang umbrella-making community in Chiang Mai. It is painted with ink and wrapped around a metal frame. The lamp base is made by hand in sanded aluminium.
PAPER MADE BY HAND
In January of this year, I was lucky enough take a trip to Thailand to meet with existing suppliers and meet new ones as well.
A highlight was visiting the paper workshop in Chiang Mai, to see first-hand how mulberry paper is made, slowly and carefully, before drying out under the hot sun.
When I work with this paper in my lampshades, I have a deep appreciation for the craft process involved and the skilled people who make it.
YOU CAN SIT WITH US
- London Design Festival 2025
At last year's London Design Festival, I exhibited work in 'You Can Sit With Us - Green Carnation', a group show curated by 2LG Studio at Shoreditch Town Hall. The exhibition centred specifically on queer designers, and took the form of a 'salon' that also held space for talks and conversation.
The show received positive press from House & Garden, Wallpaper and Dezeen, with Dezeen naming me one of the '12 emerging designers that stole the show'.
Photos: Megan Taylor
STUDIO 88
At the start of 2024, I was invited to take part in the Studio 88 residency programme in rural Chiang Mai, Thailand, to focus on craft connections with local artisans.
I met and exchanged ideas with a community of skilled Thai craftspeople, with whom I was able to explore local techniques in ceramics, natural dye fabrics and teak wood, and develop a small collection of prototype lamp designs.
CHIANG MAI DESIGN WEEK
As a result of my involvement in the residency programme, I exhibited my work with Studio 88 and my collaborators in Chiang Mai Design Week in December 2024.
The exhibition design engaged viewers with the origins of the raw materials from which the lamps were constructed, an awareness that I found strongly prevalent in local design practices.
PORTA ROMANA
I previously worked for Porta Romana as part of their in-house design team, an experience which forms the groundwork of my product design work. Shown here is a selection of pieces I helped to devise and develop alongside the Creative Director, Andrew Hills.
Spry Collection
Lighting collection based on British wildflowers. All iterations are hand-finished laser-cut aluminium sheet, carefully shaped around a steel framework. Created at Porta Romana.
Nash Lamp
Inspired by the line drawings of British artists, the Nash lamp's deep grooves are cast in jesmonite, and hand-finished. Created at Porta Romana.
Salperton Ceiling Light
I designed the Salperton Ceiling Light in response to an existing wall and floor lamp series, with six extending arms. Steel construction with hand-painted gold-leaf finish. Created at Porta Romana.
