“I tell visual stories on things you can wear and live with — made from photographs I took of everyday moments that felt too good to let go of.”
It started on the streets of DC.
I've always been someone who slows down for things other people walk past. A building catching light in a way it won't catch again. A sidewalk pattern. The particular color of an overcast sky over a parking lot. I started photographing these things because they moved me, not because I had a plan for them.
Over time, working with home goods and fashion brands, something shifted. I started seeing my photographs differently. Not just as images to hang on a wall, but as designs. As objects. As things people could carry into their daily lives and feel something every time they reached for them.
Small Wooden Box started because I needed a way to connect with people and share what I see and feel without always having to find the words for it. The photographs do that work. The pieces carry the feeling.
Photography as design.
Design as connection.
Every piece in the Small Wooden Box collection starts with a photograph I took on a walk, on a trip, in a moment I wanted to hold onto. I studied interior design and spent years working with garments and brands, which shaped how I think about products: what makes something feel worth owning, worth living with, worth wearing again and again.
I don't see other fashion brands using actual photographs the way I do. Sharing the real-life story behind the image, the date it was taken, the place, what I was thinking. That specificity is intentional. It's what makes a piece feel alive rather than just decorated.
The materials matter too. Cotton, leather, silk, cashmere — qualities that hold the image with the respect it deserves.
OUR VALUES
What guides every piece.
Presence. I'm inspired by everything around me. Nature, architecture, the texture of a city at a particular hour. Slowing down to see it is the practice.
Quality. Materials that feel as considered as the images on them. Nothing here is an afterthought.
Connection. Creating is how I communicate. Every piece is an invitation to feel something and to start a conversation about it.
If you've ever stopped on a walk to look at something other people were passing by, you'll understand what these pieces are about.