Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
Influences
A course by Urvi Sharma , Furniture Designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I draw inspiration from artists and creatives but also from the things I see around me. I've been lucky enough to have traveled a lot while growing up and have been exposed to different cultures, mythologies, and stories, all of which manifest in my work. ”
In this video lesson Urvi Sharma addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques. Learn how to carve, dye, and apply patterns onto wood to create unique pieces of furniture that are both beautiful and functional.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In the last lesson, I told you a bit about myself and in this lesson, I'll go over the things and people that influence me as a designer. I draw inspiration from artists and creatives, but also from everyday things that are around me. I've been fortunate to travel throughout my life and be exposed to different mythologies, cultures, and stories, and incorporate them into my designs. Growing up, I loved to read books, both fiction and non-fiction, to try and get as much inspiration as I possibly could. This is a children's book that I loved reading as a child and still look to for...”
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Course summary for: Woodworking for Furniture: Carving and Dyeing Techniques
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Category
Craft -
Areas
Furniture Design & Making, Woodworking
Urvi Sharma
A course by Urvi Sharma
Urvi Sharma is a furniture and lighting designer from New Delhi, India. Her mother is a graphic and interior designer, so she was introduced to art and design from a young age. She later went on to study furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design, where she focused on color and pattern. After graduating, she and her partner showed their work under the studio name INDO- at a trade show in New York City. Encouraged by the positive feedback they received, they kept designing alongside their jobs which they left a year and a half later to focus on INDO- full-time.
Since then, Urvi’s work has been featured in publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Interior Design Magazine, and Dwell. She was also a contestant on Ellen’s Next Great Designer, a furniture design show hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, and has received several awards and nominations for her designs.
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