Materials, ideas, relationships – when things go together well, good things can happen. Louen Pinpin was last year’s Bowls & Boxes category winner for Maker of the Year Awards. His unique Soil and Sea box design incorporated a flexible lid solution that incorporated veneer, paper and leather. The idea and technique for making it was a product of his skills combined with his own innovation and that of Laura Inguaggiato.
Recently settled in Australia, Louen and Laura met eight years ago at École Boulle, France’s renowned school for art and design, where furniture and cabinetmaking with their associated decorative arts are taught.
Laura went into the course after secondary school and built on her interests in art and literature