Ayala Serfaty is a contemporary artist and designer who marches to the beat of her own drum. Endeavoring to blur the line between practical furnishings and sculptural focal points, her armchairs, table lamps and wall lights are as dazzling in appearance as they are functional.
Ayala Serfaty was born in 1962 in Tel Aviv. She studied fine arts at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem before moving to London, where she attended Middlesex University. After graduation, she moved back to and chose to settle in Tel Aviv. She continued painting, sculpting and studying fine art until the 1990s when she also began designing furniture.
Ayala Serfaty told the Wall Street Journal that inspiration struck in 1996 while on a snorkeling vacation at the Red Sea. Upon returning to Tel Aviv, she established Aqua Creations Lighting and Furniture Atelier and took on the designer and creative director role. Today, she is also regularly collaborating with Maison Gerard in New York City.
Serfaty's unique and handcrafted approach to furniture design and production means that each piece is entirely one of a kind. Every sculptural creation draws from an eclectic well of ancient traditions and modern design sensibilities. It can take up to six months from concept to completion.
Serfaty is perhaps best known for her SOMA lighting collection. The ethereal lamps are made from woven glass, giving them the look of organically grown crystals in underwater caves. They have a fantastically tactile appeal, which is an attribute of many of her designs.
She has exhibited at the London Design Museum, the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in Israel, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Her furniture has also been shown by Maison Gerard at the 2016 Winter Antiques Show and the 2021 Salon Art + Design. Her work is held in the collections of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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Ayala Serfaty, Ash, Patinated Bronze Side Table, Israel, 2024
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Ash is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abstraction. She creates affinity to natural phenomenon enabling a wide range of refle...
Bronze
$2,817 / item
H 23.63 in Dm 19.3 in
Nature inspired acrylic patinated cast brass Alentejo side table by InsidherLand
By InsidherLand, Joana Santos Barbosa
Located in Maia, Porto
Alentejo side table is a glimpse over the South of Portugal where thousands of cork oaks trees raise their canopies to the sky. Resembling the typ...
Brass
Mers Side Table in Satin Bronze
By Henry Norris, New Format Studio
Located in Vancouver, BC
The Mers side table is fabricated from solid bronze and is suitable for use indoors and out. Form is inspired by the simple utilitarianism of West Coast aluminum fishing boats. Sh...
Bronze
$2,214 / set
H 19.3 in Dm 11.82 in
Handcrafted Modernist Side Tables, SUM Furniture, White Ash, England
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand-turned and handcrafted in solid English ash, these side tables are a sculptural study in form, texture, and material. Designed and made by our craftsman in England, ...
Ash
Milo Baughman for Directional Ash Burl Drum Form End / Side Table
By Milo Baughman
Located in Queens, NY
American Mid-Century drum form end / side table with an ash burl wood veneer. (MILO BAUGHMAN FOR DIRECTIONAL FURNITURE COMPANY)
Wood, Ash, Burl
$3,600 / item
H 18.5 in W 9 in D 9 in
Glass Block' Side Table in Patinated Bronze with Faceted Legs, Made to Order
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A WYETH Original, framed glass block cocktail / side table on faceted legs with forged feet in patinated bronze.
Bronze
Handcrafted Large White Ash Side Table
By SUM Furniture
Located in London, GB
Beautifully hand-turned and handcrafted in solid English ash, this larger side table is a sculptural study in form, texture, and material. Designed and made by our craftsman in Engla...
Ash
Side Table No. 7 - Vrksa Series - Bent Ash Wood, Solid Top
By Raka Studio
Located in Cape Girardeau, MO
This piece's main element is bentwood's organic motion between the top and the base. The proportions of the top and the base are made to enhance the centre design of the piece. The p...
Ash, Bentwood
Contemporary Side Table 'Pond' Bronze Glass
By Friends & Founders
Located in Paris, IDF
Pond, side table Design: Friends & Founders Material: glass Clear Bronze Grey smoke Contemporary design studio Friends & Founders was founded in 2003 by Ida Linea and Ras...
Glass
Patinated Brass Side Table, Italy, 1970's
Located in New York, NY
Elegant tubular feet brass table with a great patina. Smoked glass top. Italy 1970's. This piece wlll ship from France and can be returned to either France or to a LIC NY location...
Brass
French Glass and Bronze Side Table
By Maison Baguès
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Elegant side table with three tiers of glass supported by bronze and black lacquer columns in the style of Maison Bagues, Maison Jansen and Ramsay. Mid-century modern neoclassical st...
Bronze
Konekt Petra Side Table - Marble and Bronze
By Konekt
Located in New York, NY
The Petra Side Table features a marble top and three sculptural, sand-cast bronze legs. Sand-casting can produce unique characteristics such as pittin...
Marble, Bronze
$7,000 / item
H 20 in W 24 in D 18 in
Patinated Steel, Cast-Concrete and Walnut "S.O. Side Table" with Drawers
By Stefan Rurak
Located in Biddeford, ME
The "S.O. Side Table" with drawers integrates three elemental materials, concrete, steel and wood. The counter-top and base is made from cast concrete. The piece is fully wrapped and...
Steel
Ayala Serfaty, Ash, Patinated Bronze Side Table, Israel, 2024
By Ayala Serfaty
Located in New York, NY
Ash is the manifestation of the designer's ongoing research into cellular structure and organic abstraction. She creates affinity to natural phenomenon enabling a wide range of refle...
Bronze