Latest Custom Coat Racks

It's that time again! Here are a few of our favorite recent custom mosaic coat racks.

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A special request for an all-white mosaic was a fun challenge, and has Johannah wanting to make  more white mosaics.

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This brown mosaic was designed around the colors in the client's house. Once she received the piece, the colors and textures of this piece reminded her of her native Australia. That worked out nicely! On the right, we're gluing the mosaic into the frame.

We use a variety of reclaimed woods, depending on what's available. Lately we've been using mostly walnut and heart pine.

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This one will be used as a towel bar. The client requested the design based on the mirror on the left. Coming soon, two large matching mirrors to go with this piece!

RVA Mosaic Map Prints

It's been a long time coming, but they are finally here! Last summer Johannah created a series of mosaic maps based on images of the Richmond, VA area. We wanted to have them made into art prints, but this was something entirely new to us. So we took our time and did our research, and we couldn't be happier with the results!

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The series includes three images: "Now Entering Richmond," "James River in Richmond," and "Historic Downtown." Each one zooms in a little closer on the city of Richmond, the James River, and the roadways and built environment of the city.

The 8"x10" matte prints were created locally from high resolution digital images of the original mosaic maps on 100 lb. paper. Huge thanks to Uptown Color for guiding us through the process! 

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Local Love: Christina Boy Design

For our latest installment of our Local Love series, we're working with the talented Christina Boy. She approached Johannah about collaborating on a series of wall sculptures she was commissioned to create. The series was designed for a new breakfast room at Stoney Creek Hospitality in Independence, MO.

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Christina and Kyle were classmates in the Craft & Materials Study program at VCU. She was also a two-year core fellow at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, and continues to be an active part of the Penland community. Christina creates gorgeous handmade wood furniture, often incorporating sophisticated geometric shapes and subtle color in her designs. She runs her one-woman studio out of the foothills of the Virginia Blue Ridge with a flock of chickens as her nearest neighbors.

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For the Stoney Creek series, Christina took her inspiration from the exisiting elements: the rustic wood, glitzy glass, and industrial metal of both the room and the company logo. The design of the red and black mosaics was inspired by the textile you can see in the middle photo at the very top of this post. The colors in the orange mosaic were chosen to coordinate with the beautiful cherry wood of the center panel in the logo sculpture. Check out the great piece on Christina's blog for more on the inspiration, creation, and installation process, as well as lots more great photos!

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