This chair was a proper privilege.
Working alongside artist @london_artist1 on a piece that now sits inside The Queen’s House at the National Maritime Museum isn’t something I take lightly. This wasn’t just upholstery—it was about holding space for a story.
The fabric, designed by Sharon, which I helped rework into a textile print (getting my favourite printers @maakeuk to print on one of their amazing substrates), carries Sharon’s narrative—flying fish, cou-cou, colour, afro-caribbean culture, memory.
My role was to translate that onto form. To shape it, tension it, respect and honour it. Every line, every seam, every pull of the cloth had to honour what the work represents.
It’s a chair, yes—but it’s also an invitation. To sit. To pause. To reconnect.
And that idea—rest as resistance—that hit me.
Massive thanks to Sharon for trusting me with this. These are the projects that remind me why I love upholstery and textile design.
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