Natural materials, raised to fine art.
Artistic, high-end veneers hand-crafted from raw materials — mica, straw & eggshell.
For those who dream it — and for those who’ve already drawn it. For designers & architects — let’s invent what doesn’t exist yet. Precise hand-fabrication from your drawings — on schedule, ready to install.
Of all the rooms at 740 Park, the mica room made the cover
For Michael S. Smith's landmark residence at 740 Park Avenue, Ariana created every mica surface in the bar room — hand-patterned veneers she invented and refined over years in the studio. Of the project's many rooms, it was that one Architectural Digest chose for its October 2018 cover.
Michael S. Smith · 740 Park · 2020 Stanford White Award
For over twenty years, Ariana Blum has transformed raw natural materials into one-of-a-kind veneers — wall coverings, furniture and architectural surfaces realized in close collaboration with the world's leading designers and architects.
“I make cloth out of stone.”— Ariana Blum, on her mica
Two ways to work with me
Let’s invent it together
Bring a vision, a mood, or a challenge no surface can yet answer. We develop the material and the detail that realise it — then I make it by hand.
- Material R&D & new finishes
- Bespoke colourways to your palette
- Samples & sign-off before we build
- Fabrication & installation
Bring the drawings — I’ll produce it
Already have a design or a spec? I fabricate to exacting standards from your drawings and deliver ready to install — a trusted maker for studios and trade.
- Made precisely to your spec
- Expert hand-fabrication
- Clear, reliable timelines
- Trade-friendly & discreet
A creative partner from sketch to installation
Bring a mood, a reference, a material challenge — together we develop the veneer, the colourway and the detail, and I make it by hand in the studio.
- Material R&D & new finishes
- Bespoke colourways
- Samples & sign-off first
A trusted maker for a vision that’s already set
Send the design, dimensions and finish. You get exacting hand-fabrication, sample-first sign-off and clear lead times — a discreet partner to studios and trade.
- Made precisely to spec
- Sampling & sign-off
- Reliable timelines
The studio & the maker
Ariana Blum turns raw, organic materials into fine art — inventing new veneers and finishes over two decades of collaboration with the world's leading designers.
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