ink and wash series by EY products delicately fuses ebony wood and resin
shown at maison et objet, scrap pieces of wood have handcrafted into a collection of home décor and stationary influenced by traditional chinese paintings.
maison et objet fall 2016: reminiscent of traditional chinese landscape paintings that display delicate to heavy brush strokes of ink wash; shenzhen-based design studio EY-products took unwanted pieces of ebony to create the ‘ink-and-wash’ series presented at the interior decoration fair in paris.
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EY products‘ range from home décor, stationary and desktop products that are handcrafted from nature coupled with traditional craft and chinese heritage. unwanted pieces of wood caught the designers’ eye during a factory visit and this led to the marrying of liquid resin with the ebony scraps. a rhythmic contrast between the tones of light and dark have been achieved to give the collection a unified look.
wooden plates
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the circular resin lamp features a plate inserted inside a brass stand and once turned on, the light highlights the
brush-stroke-like result of the ebony
the full ‘ink and wash’ collection
the scraps of ebony wood is handpicked
the designers came across the wood scraps from their factory visit
waxing
the pieces are influenced by tradional chinese paintings that use ink wash
the irregular scraps are merged with resin
the pieces laid to set
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