Yvonne Mouser

Yvonne Mouser Yvonne Mouser is an artist, designer, and maker based on Oakland, CA.

Small Firms, Great Projects, 20th EditionA Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Architecture, Landscape, and Design StudiosTh...
09/20/2025

Small Firms, Great Projects, 20th Edition
A Guide to San Francisco Bay Area Architecture, Landscape, and Design Studios

Thanks to the American Institute of Architects San Francisco for featuring my work among the many inspiring designers, each with a unique perspective of collaboration, context and craft.

Opening Tonight | Yvonne Mouser | IntersticeSaturday, September 6, 5-7pmMunicipal Bonds1275 Minnesota StSan Francisco, C...
09/06/2025

Opening Tonight | Yvonne Mouser | Interstice

Saturday, September 6, 5-7pm

Municipal Bonds
1275 Minnesota St
San Francisco, CA

Interstice, an exhibition of thresholds—sites where one state slips into another, where structures express moments of change. The works—cabinet, bench, table, and stools—retain their function even as they operate as sculpture, reflecting engagement with material and process, and attunement to the elemental forces that shape them.

On view in the gallery annex with in the main gallery




photo: detail of sunlight filtering in through fins of Janus Spiritus Cabinet

Full on production underway on over 5000 little sticks of Monterey Cypress getting sanded drilled and kept in order. Soo...
07/22/2025

Full on production underway on over 5000 little sticks of Monterey Cypress getting sanded drilled and kept in order. Soon to be stitched together for an upcoming large scale commission with

Multiplied Mesh started with the idea of generation loss, where copies of copies incrementally decrease in quality. Usin...
04/15/2024

Multiplied Mesh started with the idea of generation loss, where copies of copies incrementally decrease in quality. Using sand, I formed molds of an offset grid and allowed the castings to become less precise, and as material in the mold falls away, more metal fills in. The cast tiles are then combined into one large square, where the grid gives a sense order while also capturing a process of entropy.

On view now in the exhibition Invisible Forces Find it in the little side room.

Municipal Bonds
1275 Minnesota St
San Francisco

Multiplied Mesh, 2024
Bismuth

Framegrab from
Studio process by .j.lyon
Installation photos from

Thanks to everyone who made it out for a gorgeous opening event this past Saturday!Still two days left to catch [Works i...
01/22/2024

Thanks to everyone who made it out for a gorgeous opening event this past Saturday!

Still two days left to catch [Works in Progress]
Open hours:
Jan 22: 3-7pm
Jan 23: 3-7 pm
Or by appointment

[Workss in Progress] is a dialogue, teasing apart the question - what is contemporary Bay Area Design? Each exhibited studio envisions furniture as a central arm of their practice, whether it is through the lens of craft-based expression, interior design, or product design. When the works are viewed in adjacency, they create a beautiful conversation around community, sensibility, and the Earth. Curated and presented by the talented .hands.co and

American Industrial Center
2331 3rd St, San Francisco

Works by:


hands.co




space



Special thanks to .sf for lending me their Archways Armchair for this show!

Photos by

Exited for this show curated by, and full of my talented peers.Join us in Dogpatch, CA for [Works In Progress], open to ...
01/09/2024

Exited for this show curated by, and full of my talented peers.

Join us in Dogpatch, CA for [Works In Progress], open to the public on Jan 18-23. Opening event on Jan 20, at 5-8pm.

Archive, celebration, and dialogue are necessary pillars for a thriving design community. Rarely do we get to come together and showcase the diversity of craft, personalities, and backgrounds that the San Francisco design community holds. Yet, ours is home to a prolific scene of designers who share a love of physical craft and object-making. As the creative scene evolves in real time, there are boundless possibilities for how it might bloom. For now, we are here to acknowledge its depth and say: it’s a work in progress.

[Works In Progress] brings together the contemporary furniture design community in the San Francisco Bay Area: a group of studios, artists, and designers crafting tangible companions for living. Across a range of materials, forms, and functions, the participants have found a groove in the original, the introspective, and the off-center.

[Works in Progress] is comprised of 12 contemporary furniture pieces collected together under one roof. By placing works of similar scale in adjacency, a dialogue unfolds. It weaves through subjects of material, form, approach, and attitude, while elucidating the distinct personality and ethos of each design practice. We invite you to take part in the conversation.

A little bit of nature gets framed in this Tree Planter Table for Gensler’s Oakland office. Soft rounded corners on an a...
12/18/2023

A little bit of nature gets framed in this Tree Planter Table for Gensler’s Oakland office. Soft rounded corners on an asymmetrical polygon top invite you to sit beneath the foliage. The central inserts both wrap the greenery and house easy access outlets. A matching coopered base anchors and conceals the plant container.
And for quick access to the floor outlet we added a cute little mouse door.

Looking forward to seeing the selected tree installed in their office soon.



Photos by .j.lyon

Slats and ladders in the morning.
11/04/2023

Slats and ladders in the morning.

Beyond the hay fields and barns on the ranch where I grew up, was a sweet little forest of post oak trees and briars tha...
06/10/2023

Beyond the hay fields and barns on the ranch where I grew up, was a sweet little forest of post oak trees and briars that I loved to explore. Sometimes I would carve mini rivers in the dirt, build bridges with sticks and stack tiny stone fences. One of the most satisfying parts of creating these miniature landscapes was pulling up the bright green moss from the forest floor, and when it would peel up perfectly intact like a little living carpet. The bigger and brighter the better to lay in place as grassy hills to complete the scene.

These tactile memories of moss instigated learning a new skill, investing in tools, sourcing and exploring until landing on this collection of mat sized rugs. These cushiony little carpets can be used individually or pieced together to form one luxurious moss like spread across the floor.

See them in person this weekend at “Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home” installation by .us at for week

Saturday-Sunday June 10th & 11th
Gantri Studio
320 10th Street, San Francisco

MOSS CLUMP MAT
Limited Edition
Artist-made. Hand tufted rug in a soft blend of wool, acrylic, and nylon. Felt lined bottom.
Photos by .j.lyon

DM for details
Dreaming of a commission to create one luxurious sprawling moss-scape

And now for something completely different from my collab with The Cardium Parlor Chair, a prototype and new direction...
06/08/2023

And now for something completely different from my collab with

The Cardium Parlor Chair, a prototype and new direction of upholstered furniture will also be on display in “Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home” showcasing 36 Bay Area makers for studios

Saturday-Sunday June 10th & 11th
Gantri Studio
320 10th Street, San Francisco

The exhibition features living space vignettes - furniture, lighting, ceramics, art, accessories, and body products alongside Grantri’s introduction of their newest Independent Creator Release of 3D printed lighting from plant-based materials.

Image trapunto inspired process
us supports the work and community of makers across the Bay Area.

Join us this weekend for a showcase of Bay Area MakersI’ll have a few playful new pieces (mostly textile driven!) from m...
06/08/2023

Join us this weekend for a showcase of Bay Area Makers

I’ll have a few playful new pieces (mostly textile driven!) from my studio and collaboration with in “Bay Area Made: The Locally Crafted Home”

The installation during San Francisco Design Week will feature living space vignettes - furniture, lighting, ceramics, art, accessories, and body products alongside ‘s introduction of their newest Independent Creator Release of 3D printed lighting from plant-based materials.

Saturday-Sunday June 10th & 11th
Gantri Studio
320 10th Street, San Francisco

Images: process of making the Moss Clump Mat. Photo by .j.lyon
us supports the work and community of makers across the Bay Area.

Sunset detail of a custom elongated Tetherow Table made for an incredible space last fall. Chainsaw sculpted Douglas f...
05/11/2023

Sunset detail of a custom elongated Tetherow Table made for an incredible space last fall.

Chainsaw sculpted Douglas fir, shou-sugi ban finished elements that caress a polygon glass top like layers of a geological cross section.

Will soon be exploring side table versions.

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