Bozenna Bogucki

Lukasz Bogucki

It was in 1999 when, working on a lighting design project, we got all exited about the stainless steel mesh and discovered that it is a perfect material to use for handbags and that’s when Bo’s Art Studio was created.

It took us over a year to learn how to turn this very difficult material into handbags. Our first collection was purely silver in colour thus very minimalistic. We wanted to emphasize the metal aspect of the line. At the same time, we were afraid that this adventure can not be really a long ride because of the material limitation.

After a while, gradually we started to add other metals to bring some colours and later adapted number of other techniques to bring more life and variety. We use various treatments involving ultrasounds, high temperature, pressure, etc. In most models, multiple layers of mesh are used to create a moiré effect.Most amazing thing is, that now we have more ideas and designs in the “pipelines” then we can realize.

Our line is called The Opera Collection – each model is named after a famous opera. We also design and make (of stainless steel as well) belts, bracelets, necklaces and earrings as accompanying pieces.

Our newest addition is a line of larger bags, designed more for everyday use as oppose to the evening bags we concentrated on in the past. We are based in Los Angeles, where all the work, from design to the finishing touches is done. Every item is hand made to order. We can safely state, that there is nothing on the market even remotely resembling The Opera Collection.

Trade shows: California Gift Show, Los Angeles, San Francisco International Gift Fair , New York International Gift Fair (handmade), America’s Buyers Market, Philadelphia, Design Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Éclat de Mode, Paris, France, Mipel, Milan, Italy

Art Shows: La Quinta Art Festival, La Jolla Festival of the Arts, One of the Kind Show, Chicago

Bozenna and Lukasz Bogucki
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Bogucki Gallery