Etie Boxer

Final Project

Memento Mori

A high-end interior project designed for a living space, combining furnishings and art to create a collection of curiosities. The motifs are representative of my own collection of objects that I have gathered throughout my life which are symbolic of the passing of time. The pieces aim to remind viewers of the transience of life and their inevitable mortality.

Lino block printed upholstery velvet.

Fragility

This digitally printed velvet cushion features paintings of motifs inspired by the art genre ‘Vanitas’ which often combines beautiful imagery of objects such as shells and flowers with memento mori symbols such as bubbles, candles and bones to portray the fleetingness of earthly pleasures and the fragility of life.

Ephemerality

A handmade lampshade with hand painted butterfly motif and sculpted sharks teeth embellishments.

Sleeping Songbird

Hand painted upcycled tray

This design was inspired by antique trays, as well as Dutch still-lifes of floral wreaths. Featuring a dead blue tit, that I found when I was a child which I managed to preserve in a jar, it is a morbid take on the pietra dura table tops that feature alive songbirds.