Original Art. Vintage Elements. Conversation Pieces.

Accent Lights

Decorative lighting from vacuum tubes to wooden shoe lasts.

Decorative Artwork and Accents for Interior Display

Shop wall mount and countertop sculptures at MiglioDesign! These original works of art incorporate vintage materials that come together to form an antique industrial sensibility suitable for any interior. Working with wooden foundry molds is my primary focus (although not the only one). Whether recognizable as an everyday object or not, these patterns designed for metal casting offer intriguing shapes and forms. From sprockets and gears to pipes and wheels, the wood foundry molds themselves required absolute precision. After all, a cast is only as good as its mold. This is why pattern-making was one of the highest paying trades dating back well over 100 years. In today’s world, wooden molds are still made, but more and more of them are milled by robots or made with 3-D printers. These new technologies can produce a sand mold far quicker than when things used to be done by hand. As a result, old-fashioned pattern-makers pay the price and are a dying breed.

As an artist, seeing and holding these vintage antiques opens up creative avenues left and right. Seen in a new light, old foundry molds offer an almost limitless capacity for invention. They hold great visual appeal based on both their engineering heritage and the hand-made markings and tooling inscribed by the original pattern-maker.

What styles of original art and decor are available at MiglioDesign?

• Wall Sculptures - Looking to add some variety to walls adorned with flat posters or paintings? Dimensional wall sculptures produce tangible visual space, provide compelling textures, and command the viewer’s attention. All artwork comes with hanging hooks or wire already installed for easy mounting.

• Decorative Table Art - Place a unique sculpture on a hallway table or living room credenza to accent your surrounding interior decor. Wood foundry molds are at the forefront here, either showcased alone or combined to make new patterns or associations.

• Accent Lighting - With their low-watt Edison-style bulbs, sculptural countertop lights produce soft illumination perfect for throwing warm lighting on a bookshelf or a dark corner table. Shop accent lights made from old hard rock maple shoe lasts and wood box molds designed for pipe castings.

The beauty of vintage antique objects is that they look right at home in any interior decor, from rustic to modern. MiglioDesign’s mission is to produce original art for those looking to add thought-provoking design and decoration to their homes and businesses.