I have always been drawn to materials that others overlook. Card, linen, paper, forgotten shades. I am interested in the potential within modest forms and in what happens when they are handled with attention and intent.
 

My hand-painted lampshades began as a return to making. After many years closely connected to the world of design, collecting and interiors, surrounded by its visual language and influences, I felt a growing need to create work of my own. In 2020, during a ceramics workshop at Mews Coachworks, I rediscovered the discipline and quiet satisfaction of working with my hands. When I came across a discarded shade, I painted it without hesitation, and a new creative language began to emerge. For the first time in many years, I found myself expressing ideas visually again, transforming an often-overlooked object into something thoughtful, personal and enduring.

 

A lampshade is quietly architectural. It shapes light, influences atmosphere and anchors a room. Yet it is often treated as incidental. I approach each shade as a cylindrical canvas with clear structural boundaries. The form demands restraint. Within it, colour, gesture, and proportion must be carefully considered. I am not interested in embellishment for its own sake. I am interested in balance.
 

Born in Barcelona and based in London since 1993, my sensibility is shaped by both cities. Barcelona instilled a love of clarity and Mediterranean colour. London refined my eye through its museums, galleries and auction houses, and through the rigour of modern and post-war design. My influences range from Modern British Art to the measured confidence of well-judged interiors.
 

Today I divide my time between London and Cadaqués. The contrast in light informs my palette and rhythm. Each lampshade is painted by hand. No two are identical. They are designed to sit comfortably within layered interiors, whether in dialogue with antiques, modern architecture or contemporary art.
 

I see them not as accessories, but as considered elements within a room.