Artist and Designer Caryn Moberly

Caryn Moberly is a British furniture designer whose designs are recognised for their originality and fun.  Many of her designs are inspired by natural shapes, such as magazine racks and tables inspired by the shape of leaves, and chairs inspired by the female form. 

She has exhibited at a number of prestigious shows and has been selected to exhibit with the British European Design Group. She has also sold her products in Heals and Fired Earth stores. Caryn has just completed her MA in Furniture Design and Technology at Buckinghamshire New University.

“I love my river mirror design because it has all the elements of a real river valley. The shape of the banks is created by the effect of natural elements on the tree, the location of the tree and its history. The knotty burrs represent rock formations. Even the annual rings in the wood represent contour lines on a map.

“One wide river mirror might meander gently whilst another might flow through a narrow gorge. This means that all of the mirrors are unique and they all vary in size. Sometimes it is possible to get similar mirrors where the wood comes from the same tree, but even then the mirrors will not be identical because as you cut through a tree, the characteristics of the wood change."

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