It was a whirlwind evening last Thursday at Meg’s book signing event! I helped Meg, Jean Lee, and Dianne Que install the amazing collection of projects from her new book, Crafting a Meaningful Home, in the back gallery at Rare Device. Her concept was to create a warm domestic-like setting using layered cardboard and cardboard furniture. It proved to be a fairly labor-intensive process, but the end result looks great! The cardboard is the perfect backdrop for the colorful eclectic mix of projects from the book. And it was fun to add the hand-drawn text to the walls, which provides a small sample of the rich stories behind each design.
I was grateful for the chance to see the objects in person—the chance to study them up close has me convinced that I need to start creating some of them for my own home immediately. I loved Jean Lee’s doily rug made from cotton welt cord (Jean is photographed with her rug). And the faceted vases by Anna Corpron and Sean Auyeung are cast from plastic bottles!
A little sneak peek behind the scenes. We drifted in this sea of cardboard for the better part of day, and managed to add the last letters to the wall just as the first guests arrived! Phew. The installation will be up until November 14th. If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, be sure to stop by to check it out!
{top two image sets by Marvin Ilasco; bottom by Kate Pruitt}
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Where to begin?! This is all too awesome. I hope that the book party was a grrat success!
Hi Will! It was a really fun party … so a success indeed!
I’m really pleased it went well. I’ve just spotted that lovely gold side lamp – gorgeous!
This looks wonderful, thank you so much for posting this because for those of us living on the other side of the world it’s really exciting – almost as good as being there.
And a big congrats to you, Meg — you are so successful in your business and I’ve loved watching your growth over the past four years — you are such an inspiration to freelancers everywhere!
Holly
what an incredible installation that reminds us of the value of crafting a beautiful memory with our own two hands. congrats on a wonderful event!
now only if you would bring it to the east coast… :)
thanks for the compliments. it was hard work but it turned out great!
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