Cold martinis & black caviar. Setting the table. Attention to detail, however small. Feeling a room quiet as food is served, hands motioning in every direction. A public space as an intimate one. Evocative moments of community formed through hospitality, around the table, in a space made whole by being filled.
Elana Shvalbe is from Toronto, Canada, and currently resides in Providence, Rhode Island, and is pursuing an MFA in furniture design from the Rhode Island School of Design.
Making objects & furniture that reassert hospitality within the home, using wood as her choice medium.
