Elyse Graham was never commissioned to make hardware – at least, not at first. But a series of unexpected opportunities led the designer and resin experimenter to Meta Hardware, a product line of resin knobs and pulls born from past projects and creative challenges. It started with a custom table. Then came a request for pendant lights to match – something Graham had never made before, but eagerly accepted. When another designer later asked for hardware to complement those pendants, she said yes again. Each commission built on the last, resulting in unique, pattern-rich pieces that carry the DNA of the entire studio – offcuts, experiments, even mistakes – layered into forms made to touch.
Marlin
The first Meta Hardware collection – Marlin – was created to complement Graham’s Meta Pendants in Aquamarine. As the colorway name suggests, the palette is awash in oceanic tones, with sea glass blues and greens layered together to create luminous depth. Rather than casting new resin pieces from scratch, Graham repurposed physical remnants from previous works – like her Lucent Coffee Table – giving offcuts and studio scraps a second life. It’s a process that can be continually renewed, revealing a mix of hidden, planned, and entirely unexpected surprises.
Marlin
Lemur
Lemur
“We’re using resin, which is supposed to be a casting material, and we’re making it into a raw material,” Graham explains in the video. “We cast everything into raw shapes; there’s nothing final about them. We start small – simple patterns. Circles, stripes. By casting, cutting, and recasting, we create complex patterns that are beyond anything we could have imagined. That’s the reason we call it Meta Material: it’s a material that we create to make material to make finished work.”
Chameleon
Graham’s Meta Hardware line currently consists of four collections: Marlin, Lemur, Tortoise, and Chameleon – each with its own distinctive palette and patterning. Marlin is cool and aquatic, swirling with sea glass blues and dusky greens. Lemur is more bold, with deep cobalt, crisp ivory, and jolts of coppery orange layered in playful, high-contrast compositions. Tortoise takes a more restrained approach, mimicking the classic pattern with rich, smoky browns and dark caramel tones that feel timeless and tactile. Finally, Chameleon is an expressive mix that embraces resin’s potential for joyful chaos and unexpected beauty. Though each colorway is visually distinct, all four are composed using reclaimed resin from past projects. “In a way, the entire history of the studio is in every piece we make,” Graham states.
Tortoise
Marlin
What began as a single commission has grown into a product line with infinite potential. In Graham’s hands, even the smallest offcuts can become the building blocks of something new yet to be discovered. “We’ve broken the bounds of the mold and we’re free to build and create whatever we’d like,” she says. “For me, that’s the newest frontier in resin work.”
Lemur
Lemur
Lemur
Lemur
Lemur
Chameleon
Chameleon
Chameleon
Tortoise
Tortoise
Tortoise
To learn more about Meta Hardware by Elyse Graham, visit elysegraham.com.
Photography courtesy of Elyse Graham.
