ALL ABOUT NARA OTA

Name: Leaf Sculpture Aki II
Brand: Nara Ota
SKU: 121040071
Price: 229.0 USD
Availability: InStock

That Nara Ota can transform objects into poetry, with one piece more beautiful and delicate than the other, we already know! But we weren't content just to know that, and we went after knowing other little things more...

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Meet Nara Ota

everything we didn't know about the designer

Nara Ota, Graduated in Architecture and Urbanism at Mackenzie Presbyterian University

Where do your main inspirations for your work come from?
N: The creation process here happens all the time and even in a dream! I use a lot of my day to day in creations. I have notebooks where I write things down, I make drawings and I'm always consulting. Sometimes materials from years ago inspire me today, so these are ideas that come and go, there is no linearity.

When did you first become interested in design?
N: My path started to be followed in my childhood, following my mother, Marisa Ota, in design. This constant contact with the area made him choose a path not too far away. At the beginning in zone D (a store of objects and furniture from the 90s of which she was a partner), I learned a lot of things that I use today. I believe it was my most important school, as renowned designers went there. I felt very embedded in that environment, often participating indirectly in informal meetings, listening to everyone attentively to absorb that whirlwind of wonderful ideas!

What is the most challenging part of your day to day job?
N: The challenges are daily, from meeting the market demand, understanding the potential of the collection and transposing my ideals in the products. But I believe that the biggest challenge is to develop the collections through a creative process that does not have a methodology or schedule, and to be able to adapt to the time and deadlines stipulated by the market.

Which artists or professionals inspire you the most?
N: Makoto Azuma, a Japanese botanical artist and sculptor, and Jeong Kwan, a Seon Buddhist nun and Korean chef.

A work of yours that you love the most and why?
N: Ask that I have more affection is very difficult because I really love them all! Whenever I have to choose, I have difficulty. I really love the whole collection! But if I must choose one thing, it would be my gold-plated girls.

And two objects, made by you, that you think are the coolest to have at home?
N: The screws represent a lot of the work, the blended shadow issue. These are the screws that we can make the movement on the wall. They get very interesting. The cool thing is that you can make your own move. The second piece is the trio of clouds because it is one of the works that represent me the most.

Nara is present in almost all - if not all - of our productions, especially those that ask for lightness in the environment, bringing even more art and life to homes, with sculptures that catch the eye of anyone. To learn more about these impossible-to-miss works, and to understand a little more about why we are so enchanted by their unique designs, just take a look at the button below.