Free talk - booking essential
Please note the first-floor space is only accessible via stairs.
Talk: Design That Connects - A Conversation on Collaboration, Craft & Creative Chemistry
Lighting designer Riya Panchal (Meseme Studio), embroidery artist Nicole Chui, and glass artist Kira Phoenix K’inan will share how their collaborations grew into two unique lighting collections - blending embroidery, sculptural glass, and lighting design.
Expect insights into how they work, why they chose small-batch over mass production, and how design can be emotional, expressive, and personal.
This isn’t just about aesthetics, it’s about what happens when creatives make space for each other’s voices and backgrounds, and how that shapes the objects we live with.
Based at the Blackhorse Workshop, Meseme by Riya Panchal will be hosting their open studios together with other makers/members in the building.
About Meseme Studio
Meseme Studio creates evocative decorative lighting that blends traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design. Founded by Riya Panchal, the London-based studio explores light, shadow and materiality through modular, emotionally resonant pieces that invite personalisation.
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Follow Meseme Studio:
www.instagram.com/mesemestudio
www.instagram.com/thatsewnicole
www.instagram.com/kpkinanglass
ABOUT NICOLE CHUI
Nicole Chui is a London-based embroidery artist developing a distinctive 'disruptive' style that blends football culture with textile art. Her intentionally imperfect hand embroidery explores identity through intuitive, emotionally charged creations that challenge craft conventions.
Find out more:
Follow Nicole:
Instagram: @thatsewnicole
Facebook: ThatSewNicole
ABOUT Kira Phoenix K’inan
Artist and Designer, Kira Phoenix K’inan, brings together fine art and craft through works on paper, inimitable glass sculptures, ephemeral installations and multi-exposure photography, which are sustainably and ethically produced in her studio in London. Today her collections are known for their rich colour palette, dynamic lines that intertwist into one another and works that are in constant visual flux.
Find out more:
www.kpkinanglass.com/about-kira-phoenix-kinan-glass-artist-values-articles
Follow Kira Phoenix K’inan:
www.instagram.com/kpkinanglass/