Simone Tops
Simone Tops — 'Leather Low Table 02', 2024
A raw veg tan leather low table from Melbourne based designer Simone Tops. Made with a hardwood timber form, and wrapped with veg tan calf leather, this work forms part of Simone's ongoing soloist series which explores objects that are a result of the artists material explorations shaped by her intimate technical knowledge of glass, steel and leatherwork.
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Artist and designer Simone Tops established the creative workshop Studio Tops in 2017 and is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Founded on the principles of longevity, craftsmanship, and a cross-disciplinary approach Top’s studio brings together a technical knowledge of glass, steel and leatherwork to create both sculptural and architectural forms, as well as a range of hand-crafted sculptural leather bags which honour the qualities of these materials.
For artist and maker Simone Tops, materials are not merely passive recipients of form, but active agents in the process of becoming. The objects are a result of the artist's material experimentation which is shaped by an intimate technical knowledge of glass, steel, and leatherwork. These materials do not have fixed essences, rather they run in a continuum, matter into matter, surface into surface and form into form.
Simone Tops creates works that are crafted to last, patina over time, and designed to be companions for life.
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November 14, 2024 - January 25, 2025
Curated by Simone Haag
Craft is thrilled to invite internationally renowned Australian decorator Simone Haag as the guest curator of Craft’s final main gallery exhibition of 2024. Making her curatorial debut, Haag presents a group exhibition featuring works by more than 30 Australian artists.
Material: timber, leather, stitching. Leather will naturally darken over time through use and exposure to sunlight.
Dimensions: approx. 38 x 46 x 90cm
Please note when purchasing, exhibition works are to be collected when exhibition closes.
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