
Cherry Side Table
Cherry / 2020 24 × 16 × 16Cherry (hand-carved legs)

- About
Michelle Foran (1992) is an artist and furniture maker born in Toronto, Canada. She received a B.F.A. 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. She is presently 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 all things. 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

Perfume Cabinet
Cherry, stained glass / 2020 16 × 14 × 8Wall-hung cabinet intended for perfume or small objects

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.

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.

Penelope Low Stool
Beech, Canvas, stuffing / 2021 17 × 18 × 14.5A low stool with a woven seat made of canvas tubes.

Cherry Side Table
Cherry / 2020 24 × 16 × 16Cherry (hand-carved legs)

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.

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.

Lean-to Side Table/Stool
Red Oak / 2022 16 × 15 × 19Commercial furniture concept design for Speke Klein.
Block Coffee Table
Ash / 2021 17 × 46 × 20Using traditional joinery eliminates the need for glue in this design, making it entirely flat-packable.

Woven Veneer Lamp Prototype
Ash / 2022 16 × 7 × 9A material exploration in veneer for a table lamp design.

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.

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.