The Matrix Table Lamp will be the first free standing lighting piece in our Matrix Series. This lighting series is an exploration of color and translucency in resin. By using a restrained palette, I experiment with subtle color shifts and variations in opacity to create a piece that animates both lit and unlit.
The Matrix Series celebrates my studio's love of the handmade. I feel passionate about working with resin on a small, artisan scale--hand-mixing all of our pigments and dyes. Recalling artists of the historic Light and Space Movement, I combine the seductiveness of the material and geometric forms with an obsession for color and attention to detail. I am proud to join a new generation of resin artists who value the material as an example of human ingenuity and creativity that should be held as a precious resource, not a disposable product.
A project by
Elyse Graham/Elyse Graham Studio
Elyse Graham is the founder and creative director of the studio. Driven by Elyse’s unique vision of building a studio that fosters and emphasizes connection, play, and experimentation (of people, processes, and in turn the objects created and shared) our small team works closely and collaboratively on each project.
Elyse received a BA in sculpture and semiotics at Brown University. After years of making sculpture and running a business in jewelry design, Elyse decided to merge her separate practices and redirect her attention toward collectible design in 2013. The creative trajectory of the studio is heavily influenced by Graham’s background in fine art, specifically her interest in process-driven and material-based artwork. The studio’s vocabulary of shapes, patterns, and forms comes from a lineage of unconventional processes Graham has developed and built for working with plaster and resin.