![Michelle Foran Penelope Low Stool](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202864/Low-Stool_Michelle-Foran_2022-copy_fc1e2c4d96.jpg 1565w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202864/Low-Stool_Michelle-Foran_2022-copy_eb089b3ad2.jpg 725w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202864/Low-Stool_Michelle-Foran_2022-copy_df8686b8af.jpg 320w)
Penelope Low Stool
Beech, Canvas, stuffing / 2021 17 × 18 × 14.5A low stool with a woven seat made of canvas tubes.
![Michelle Foran Headshot 2023](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202863/Michelle-Foran_Headshot_2023_341207b1f1.jpg 560w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202863/Michelle-Foran_Headshot_2023_d79ff68027.jpg 280w)
- About
Michelle Foran (1992) is an artist and furniture maker born in Toronto, Canada. She received a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design University in 2018 majoring in Sculpture and Installation and is currently undergoing a second undergraduate degree in Furniture Design at Sheridan College in Oakville, Canada (2024). Over the summer of 2023, Michelle was the 3D floating intern at Anderson Ranch arts centre in Colorado, assisting in the wood and furniture, sculpture, and digital fabrication studio workshops.
Her multidisciplinary practice explores how visual order can meld in with the bizarre as a means to revive the potent vibrancy inherent in objects and environments. She is excited by the traditional crafts of her family’s diverse cultures (Colombian, German, Mexican, and Canadian) and is inspired to design practical and sculptural furniture that embraces colour, rusticity, play, and nostalgia. Although furniture, lighting design, and woodworking are at the fore of her practice, Michelle also works in clay, paint, fabric, found objects, digital media, and anything else she can get her hands on.
- Region
- Toronto, ON
- Website
- michelleforan.com
- Media
- Furniture and woodworking, sculpture, ceramics, metal
- Professional Status
- Student, artist, furniture maker
Portfolio
![Michelle Foran Wooden Lounge Chair](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202869/Michelle-Foran_Wooden-Lounge-Chair_2022_6_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202869/Michelle-Foran_Wooden-Lounge-Chair_2022_6_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Wooden Lounge Chair
White Oak / 2022 36 × 24 × 26Inspired by vernacular furniture forms, I designed this solid white oak lounge chair to be as spacious and comfortable as possible. Seat and back are hand-carved.
Block Coffee Table
Ash / 2021 17 × 46 × 20Using traditional joinery eliminates the need for glue in this design, making it entirely flat-packable.
![Michelle Foran Woven Veneer Lamp Prototype](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/203791/Michelle-Foran_Prototype-Lamp_2022_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/203791/Michelle-Foran_Prototype-Lamp_2022_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Woven Veneer Lamp Prototype
Ash / 2022 16 × 7 × 9A material exploration in veneer for a table lamp design.
Bond Lamp
Wood, veneer, glass, wool, textiles, metal, electrical / 2022 60 × 16 × 16A collaborative project designed and fabricated in 5 days. Two separate lamps positioned to look as if they were one. Includes textile weaving, stained glass windows, glass and needle felted rings, woven veneer, solid wood and baltic birch.
![Michelle Foran Penelope Low Stool](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202864/Low-Stool_Michelle-Foran_2022-copy_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202864/Low-Stool_Michelle-Foran_2022-copy_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Penelope Low Stool
Beech, Canvas, stuffing / 2021 17 × 18 × 14.5A low stool with a woven seat made of canvas tubes.
![Michelle Foran Dandelion Lamp](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202870/Michelle-Foran_Dandelion-Lamp_2021_2-copy_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202870/Michelle-Foran_Dandelion-Lamp_2021_2-copy_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Dandelion Lamp
Plywood, laquer, fabric, electrical / 2021The Dandelion Lamp was designed using a slicing software allowing all of its parts to be assembled using interlocking joints. It is cut on the CNC machine from a single sheet of plywood and is completely flat-packable.
![Michelle Foran Perfume Cabinet](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202866/Michelle-Foran_Cherry-Cabinet_2020_3_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202866/Michelle-Foran_Cherry-Cabinet_2020_3_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Perfume Cabinet
Cherry, stained glass / 2020 16 × 14 × 8Wall-hung cabinet intended for perfume or small objects
![Michelle Foran Offcut Sconce Green](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202871/Intern-Show_2023_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202871/Intern-Show_2023_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Offcut Sconce Green
MDF, steel, canvas, paint / 2023 21 × 17 × 1.5Made from CNC machine off-cuts as well as metal scraps, this wall-hung collage piece functions as a candle sconce.
![Wyatt Lowry Lean-to Side Table/Stool](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202868/3Michelle_Speke-Klein_Commercial-Furniture_12_22-copy_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202868/3Michelle_Speke-Klein_Commercial-Furniture_12_22-copy_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Lean-to Side Table/Stool
Red Oak / 2022 16 × 15 × 19Commercial furniture concept design for Speke Klein.
![Michelle Foran Offcut Sconce Red](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/203788/Michelle-Foran_Intern-Show_2023_3_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/203788/Michelle-Foran_Intern-Show_2023_3_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Offcut Sconce Red
MDF, steel, canvas, paint / 2023 10 × 21 × .75Made from CNC machine off-cuts as well as metal scraps, this wall-hung collage piece functions as a candle sconce.
![Michelle Foran Cherry Side Table](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202865/Michelel-foran-Side-Table-2021-copy_3fe5a4b47d.jpg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202865/Michelel-foran-Side-Table-2021-copy_25afb2ffff.jpg 375w)
Cherry Side Table
Cherry / 2020 24 × 16 × 16Cherry (hand-carved legs)
![Wyatt Lowry Tikinagan Stools](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202873/Michelle-Foran_Kayla-DN_Tikinagan-Stools_2023_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202873/Michelle-Foran_Kayla-DN_Tikinagan-Stools_2023_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
Tikinagan Stools
Birch, epoxy, paint, varnish / 2023 15 × 14 × 14Tikinagan Table and Stools were co-designed and built with Kayla Della-Nebbia for the Thunder Bay Waverly Library Branch’s Indigenous Knowledge Centre.
![Wyatt Lowry Tikinagan Coffee Table and Stools](https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202872/Michelle-Foran_Kayla-DN_Tikinagan_2023_3fe5a4b47d.jpeg 700w, https://furnsoc.org/media/sized/memberwork/michelle-foran/202872/Michelle-Foran_Kayla-DN_Tikinagan_2023_25afb2ffff.jpeg 375w)
Tikinagan Coffee Table and Stools
Birch, epoxy, paint, varnish / 2023 21.25 × 46 × 46Tikinagan Table and Stools were co-designed and built with Kayla Della-Nebbia for the Thunder Bay Waverly Library Branch’s Indigenous Knowledge Centre.