Handmade by Maryam Darapour
Sculpture for the rooms you live in.
Papier-mâché sculpture and hand-painted timber, made one piece at a time and shown here the way it will sit in a home.
Papier-mâché sculpture and hand-painted timber, made one piece at a time and shown here the way it will sit in a home.
Quiet animals, guardian figures and balanced forms, shaped by hand in paper and finished to a soft, chalk-like surface. Each one is made to be lived with, on a shelf, a sideboard or a windowsill.
Every piece below is a real sculpture by Maryam. Tap the round thumbnail on any image to switch to her studio photograph.
Alongside the sculpture, Maryam paints directly onto timber. This tall panel carries a climbing floral pattern in blues and soft rose, painted freehand so the grain of the wood stays part of the piece.
Panels can be made to suit a wall, a colour scheme or a narrow space beside a window or door.
Left: the panel visualised in a room. Right: the finished panel on Maryam's table.
Studio photographs of the finished pieces, as they leave Maryam's hands.
Each sculpture is built up and finished by hand, so no two are the same. What you see is the piece you receive.
Papier-mâché gives the look of stone or fired clay at a fraction of the weight. Easy to place on a shelf and easy to move.
Ibex, bulls, birds and winged guardians sit beside pure shapes like the ring and the cube.
For homeowners, interior designers and stylists who want a piece made for a particular space.
Send a photo of the room or shelf, the rough size you have in mind, and any piece here that caught your eye.
We send back a visual of the proposed piece in your own room, so you can judge form, scale and colour first.
Once you are happy, Maryam makes the piece by hand and it is packed and sent to you.
Maryam is the artist behind Studio Maryart. She works in papier-mâché and paint, making sculpture and decorative pieces for the home.
Use the form to ask about a piece you have seen here, to check what is currently available, or to start a commission.