Extra TrimmingsShore Studios2026

Extra Trimmings draws on the joyful maximalism of 1970s upholstered interiors—floral, ruffled, and exuberantly domestic—but reimagines it through Shore’s structural language of woven rope and Bethan Laura Wood’s expressive, ornamental sensibility.
In the 1970s, the sofa became a symbol of comfort, intimacy, and social connection—a kind of domestic stage where identity, community, and care converged. Upholstery in that era was not neutral; it was saturated with personality. Floral patterns and ruffled skirts transformed the sofa into a deeply expressive object, part furniture and part self-portrait, reflecting the values, moods, and aspirations of its owner as much as their aesthetic taste. These forms spoke of liberation and tenderness, of homes made warmer and more human through pattern and ornament.

Bethan’s practice, known for its exuberant color language and singular ability to translate everyday material into joyful, narrative form, finds a natural counterpart in Shore’s structural weaving. Her hand-drawn motifs—florals, scallops, loops—are reinterpreted as woven structure and sculptural appliqué, transforming what was once printed surface into dimensional texture. Through this translation, Shore’s high-performance rope and silicone construction becomes a new kind of upholstery—tactile, textural, and inherently patterned.

Rather than looking back in nostalgia, the work uses the language of 1970s interior decoration as a point of departure to explore how ornamentation, structure, and material expression can coexist today. It asks how ornament can be built into construction, how surface can hold narrative, and how comfort can align with material experimentation.

The collaboration expands upholstery into a sculptural, architectural field—merging tactility, ornament, and performance into a single woven system. The result is a collection that feels both familiar and newly invented, translating the warmth and generosity of domestic design into a contemporary material vocabulary.

Made in collaboration with Shore Studios

Fabrication: custom-designed braided rope, hand-knotted silicone tabs