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GRAIN
Each piece of hardwood carries warmth and provides drama with the uniquenss of it’s grain.
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SHINE
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TACTILE
BEHIND THE BRAND
Makerware was initially inspired by our work as professional display artists with our company DUOFAB – making custom visual elements for commercial companies and high-end residential spaces. Our work with DUOFAB incorporates many inherently beautiful raw materials and this became an inspiration for a product line, Makerware. Our Makerware line is a collection of wearable items and home products (coming soon!) inspired by the artful raw materials from our installations, reinvisioned as retail products.
“The Makerware aesthetic revolves around minimalism + geometry. My ultimate goal with our wearable items is to challenge the standard look of jewelry design and materials used. My designs focus on unconventinal materials + processes to create a uniquely balanced line of jewelry. I love to use soft tactile cording in place of simple chains and dramatic hardwoods to juxtapose earthiness with shiny industrial metals.
These combinations is what makes designing exciting!”-Ashley
Makerware is 100% handmade in Lake Worth, FL.
Every element is cut, shaped, gilded and colored by hand.
All branding, imagery, design and fixture making is done in-house by Ashley Nardone.
![Ashley Nardone](https://makerware.design/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Makerware-in-the-Studio-04AS.jpg)
Ashley Nardone
Maker