Ms. Donna Walker

1 - Irony

2 - Commodious

3 - When 1 Becomes 2

4 - Dress-It-Up!

5 - Knitted Chairs

6 - Social Club

Home Sweet Home

For centuries, domestic furniture has lived alongside us silently, encouraging interaction with the body and serving their purpose as functional objects. Because of their usefulness, they can stay with us for a long time. Being in our everyday lives, they absorb the memories and histories around them, acting as a material testament to people or occasions, so much so that they can become containers of memories.
However, in today's consumerist society we are encouraged to discard these containers of memories in favour of a newer, more fashionable version. By doing this, are we not, in effect, condemning our memories?

My work addresses the need for desirable, fashionable furniture, but does so by recognising the worth and value in unfashionable or damaged objects, using existing, unwanted or discarded furniture and material as the framework of the products.
 

Skills

IT Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop sketchup SolidWorks Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Autocad	Crafts/Manual Upholstery Woodworking Metal glass
Languages English, fluent written and spoken French	Other -