![]() working directly with or in response to exceptional craftspeople and the particular colors and material palettes of the cities she visits, bethan creates remarkable designs made in dialogue between mexican and italian craftsmen – pushing their boundaries and her own: Wood goes on telling designboom about how the bedhead is a metaphorical culmination of her travels across europe, mexico, california and east asia. How wood’s travel stories weave into HER BOUDOIR PIECES Ornate bedhead and sconces | image © angus mills that’s kind of why I felt like the beadhead was a really fitting piece to make for the show,’ explains the designer. I then reclaim those details to fit a whole other, bigger context. and a lot of the work I do borrows the detailing often used in small-scale or jewelry design. ‘I‘ ve always loved the bedhead that calder made for peggy guggenheim – this idea of a giant piece of jewelry for the home. she used aluminum that was CNC milled and bespoke anodized alongside aluminum specialist neal feay, then hand-assembled and punctuated with brass pin details in her studio. indeed, wood was interested in emulating a three-dimensional pattern that sits between embellishment and structure. These first pieces were inspired by a mix of peggy guggenheim’s bedhead by alexander calder and james mcneill whistler’s ‘harmony in blue and gold: the peacock room. you can discover more of the designer’s work here. ![]() here, the patterns were made intrinsic to the design ‘ I wanted to look at the idea of ornamentation being the thing you build at the start rather than at the end,’ comments wood. Ornate show at nilufar gallery | image © mattia iottiīethan laura wood’s new work focuses on the boudoir – a woman’s private space for both spiritual contemplation and physical cultivation – and the objects that may be found there. the first pieces of the new collection are the ornate bedhead and a pair of sconces, made up of a series of wiggles and curves that interlock to create various structures. on the occasion of milan design week 2021, designboom met with bethan laura wood at nilufar gallery for a deeper dive into the stories behind her collections – each one steeped in tributes to the people she’s met and the experiences she’s gathered. thus, wood takes references from that historical era – and in particular the british aesthetic movement and art nouveau – to create pieces that blur the line between two-dimensional decoration and three-dimensional form.Įven more, her work invites the viewer to travel through her mind’s eye to the many cities and cultures that have played an important role in informing and influencing her practice over the last 10 years. new works, shown alongside existing pieces by the designer, are partnered with historical works selected by yashar to offer a wonderful journey into private lives and hidden spaces. in today’s period of instability and uncertainty, the need to have ‘a room of one’s own’ prevails in the tradition of virginia woolf. Ornate is a solo show by bethan laura wood for nilufar gallery, which celebrates a decade of dialogue between wood and gallerist nina yashar. Ornate: bethan laura wood’s 2021 solo show for nilufar
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