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A material-led design studio.
Sun Stories is a material-led design studio. We make homeware, objects and collectibles by hand from our studio in Ghana, alongside sourcing pieces of provenance from contemporary makers and historical traditions.
Our work is built on long collaborations with independent artists and traditional makers, many holding knowledge that is local, inherited and hard-won. We commission, design, and source, and we publish under one studio so that the makers we work with reach an international audience without losing the specificity of where the work comes from.
Practice
Studio and Practice
Our work is built on long collaborations with independent artists and studios who hold knowledge that is local, inherited and developed over decades of practice. The artists work in their own studios, and increasingly with ours, on projects that move between traditional methods and contemporary studio production.
Every piece on the site carries its own context. We document the artists, materials and studios behind each work, because the object is only fully readable when you know where it has come from.
A Contemporary View of Diasporic Design
Sun Stories sits within the wider conversation around contemporary diasporic design, where work from across the African continent and beyond is finding new audiences. The artists we represent work at the level of contemporary studio practice, on their own terms, drawing on the materials, methods and lineages they continue to develop.
Each artist brings their own relationship to tradition. Some work within communities of practice that go back generations; others are charting new directions. Our role is to represent that work clearly, and to give artists the context and platform to take it further.
Supporting Makers
Recources and Representation
Beyond commissioning, Sun Stories invests in the working life of its artists across two areas: production and professional development. Production support covers access to materials, equipment, technical guidance and the time required to develop work properly. Professional development goes further into portfolio building, artist statements, conceptual framing, and the institutional connections that move work into residencies, exhibitions and academic contexts.
How the support takes shape varies with each artist. Some are established practitioners with their own studios and long-standing methods; others are working through earlier stages of their careers, developing the bodies of work that will shape them.
Long-term Practice
The aim is to give each maker the conditions to work on their own terms while keeping the practice rooted in the traditions, materials and communities they come from. Sustained relationships matter more than one-off commissions, and the work we represent reflects that commitment over time.
The studio is built around the makers, not above them. Their voice, their methods and their development shape what Sun Stories looks like as a brand, and where the work moves next.
The Artists
The artists, their practices, and the work they make.
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