From Art to Design
My name is Maria and I'm Polish - I project eco-friendly lighting from paper waste.
At a certain point in my life I decided to change my job and start to do something which I really wanted!
I was studying Art History in Poland and in Italy. I always liked art: painting, architecture and most of all sculpture. I love working with papier-mâché to create lamps and objects because, to me, they are like functional sculptures that transform our surroundings. Where we live and what we are surrounded by profoundly affects our mood and well-being. My creations can be personalized—shapes, textures, and colors can be adjusted to harmonize with any interior, creating a cohesive whole. Having studied art history, I am fascinated by sculpture and its influence on the spaces it inhabits.
There is a certain poetry in paper, in the transformation of pulp. My lamps are not merely paper creations—they are crafted from newspapers that capture moments, snapshots in time. Each lamp holds within it messages of wars, pandemics, elections—fragments of our collective memory. In the process of becoming pulp, these messages mix and fade, transforming into something new and fresh.
