Name: Chelsea
Minola
Title:
Partner
Company:
Grain
Which of your designs
or projects are you most excited about right now and why?
We're most excited about our
Circlet lighting collection that we launched last spring. It was a great opportunity
to work with local glass artists, such as John Hogan, to
produce the various diffusers for the collection. The Northwest glass community
is so rich, and we've wanted to explore that for a long time. Also, it's just
fun to be in the hot shop and witness glass being blown.
Tell us three words
that embody your design philosophy.
Smart, independent, and responsible.
What's your favorite
place in the Pacific Northwest and why?
I have a special love of the Skagit Valley. My grandparents
had a beach house out there, and it’s still in our family. I spent most of my
childhood summers there crabbing, digging clams, and collecting blackberries
with my grandfather.
Who or what are you
inspired by right now?
Our collaboration with Bainbridge Island ceramist Terry Siebert on our Grail terracotta series has us thinking a lot about clay. There
is so much that can be made from one simple material. We're even talking about
the idea of getting our own small wheel and kiln so that we can experiment with
prototypes here in our studio.
What do you think of
the color gray?
One of my favorites.
Photo by Ben Blood.
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