"It's not surprising that there's little separation between work and life for the artisan, who finds inspiration everywhere, and revels in exploration. "A lot of times my work peeps into my personal life, and I kind of just have to let it be," says Maya. "It's happened that I am in bed about to rest, and in between moments of lucidity, all of a sudden I have a design solution that I have been trying to figure out.""
"Maya attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and earned a bachelor's degree in furniture design in 2017. In the studio she deftly uses a range of materials, from metal to textiles. She also hopes to experiment with glass more often, covering it with different films and textures to see how it refracts light. Her latest series is informed by the craft of passementerie, the art of making decorative trimmings like tassels."
"Even though Maya has many concepts to choose from, she never rushes her process. "I am a big believer in letting things ferment in your mind when it comes to creative ideas," she notes. "They linger in my brain for some time until an opportune moment arrives. Then I'll sketch on anything I can get my hands on, and model it with clay or wire later on.""
Laura Casañas Maya comes from a lineage of makers; her grandparents ran a ceramics workshop called Primaveral in Colombia that emphasized community and the joy of making. She studied furniture design at RISD, graduating in 2017, and works across materials including metal, textiles, and planned glass experiments. Her recent series translates passementerie techniques into contemporary furnishings, using cords and tubular steel to shape form. She cultivates ideas slowly, allowing concepts to ferment until the right moment, then sketches and models with clay or wire while letting work and life inform each other.
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