Leather helps designer show beauty between form and function
03/12/2018
Ms Shodeinde’s creation comes on a hand-cut base of beech and oak. The decanter itself is made from mouth-blown glass to give it each one a distinctive shape. She has also used leather to make two collars for the piece, a wider one goes round the wooden base and a narrower one decorates the neck of the decanter. The leather is held in place by brass studs.
A graduate in interior architecture from Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh, Mimi Shodeinde celebrates her Nigerian heritage in her work and also avails herself of the skills of artisans around the world. In the case of the Okuta decanter, the materials and the artisans skills come from Portugal.
She says she seeks to explore “the beauty between form and function” and how they are interwoven.
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