Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
In the mountains of Mexico, furniture designer and master weaver Mario Lopez Torres works with locally sourced organic materials to painstakingly craft complex and elegant decorative objects, tables and seating.
Originally from Mexico City, Torres apprenticed for his father, who was a professional photographer, and at 13 years old enrolled in a school for the fine arts, as he had by then become deeply interested in illustration and working with clay. At 20, Torres pursued a dream of designing furniture — specifically, weaving. He traveled to Altepexi, a municipality in Puebla, to learn how its artisans wove works from a wooden vegetable reed that is native to the region.
Torres sought mentorship from the prevalent artists Ana Pellicer and James Metcalf in order to learn how to work with metal, as he would need to create frames of brass and copper that supported his woven structures. Torres traveled to the United States to purchase metalworking equipment and went on to establish his own workshop in a small mountain village back in Mexico.
Torres put his hands and imagination to work — he harvested courses of chuspata, which is a reed that grows abundantly on the shores of Lake Pátzcuaro in Michoacán, and welded frames that the reed is woven around. He sold his first piece of furniture in 1974.
Today, Torres creates works that are characterized by his affinity for nature. His palm floor lamps feature woven rattan — a light and versatile material that can mingle with a wide range of styles — while the lifelike monkeys, birds and other animals that support his tables, table lamps or adorn his mirror frames are crafted from chuspata and take on whimsical poses. They create a playful, provocative presence in any space.
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20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass, Metal
2010s Mexican Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Steel
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
Late 19th Century English Regency Antique Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
Late 20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Bamboo, Wicker, Cane, Rattan
21st Century and Contemporary Philippine Art Deco Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
21st Century and Contemporary Hungarian Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
2010s Thai Post-Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Brass
1970s Italian Vintage Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Bamboo, Rattan
Mid-20th Century Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Travertine, Brass
1970s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Iron
Mid-20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Bamboo, Rattan, Glass
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Metal
1980s Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Rattan
2010s Mexican Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Steel
20th Century Mexican Folk Art Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Reed
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Natural Fiber
20th Century Mexican Folk Art Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Copper, Steel
20th Century Mexican Folk Art Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Mid-20th Century Mexican Mario Lopez Torres Console Tables
Iron