Peninsula Collection
Alexander Lamont started his company with the very simple aspiration: to make original and beautiful things combining uncompromisingly exquisite materials and exceptional […]
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Alexander Lamont
Straw Marquetry – Innovation and Design in a Fabled Craft
Straw marquetry is suddenly in vogue. After decades in the relative shadows of the decorative arts, it is today finding a much
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Wishbone Table – A sculpture in techniques and the art of imperfection
Its been some time since I told the story of one of my designs. Part of this years Intarsia collection of furniture and lighting
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Acrolith: Gods In The Material World
The Acrolith statuary of ancient Greece with its contrasting marriage of materials is one of the inspirations behind Alexander Lamont’s 2018 Spring
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The Story of our Hammered Bowl
In 2003 I was trying to think of ways to make the bronze that I loved into a lighter form – something
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Eric Stocker – Lacquer Master
Between 2009 and 2012, we were privileged to have lacquer master, Eric Stocker, in the workshop, training our artisans and producing our
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Spinning Straw into Gold
I was once asked why straw fascinates me. Perhaps it is the fairy-tale idea of taking a humble material like the straw that
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