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D allas ceramicist Paul Schneider's exclusive new collection of hand-thrown lamps for Oomph comes in four styles and more than a dozen sumptuous colors, such as Nantucket red and Daisy yellow, along with a variety of glazes including swirls and weaves. Schneider's unusual handmade lamps have made him a design-world favorite, with his work featured in the pages of Architectural Digest, Harper's Bazaar, and Garden & Gun. He got his start 15 years ago while still in college, selling his ceramics at Forty Five Ten to celebrity clients such as the late pop star George Michael and, later, to Mark Cuban. Schneider's light has not dimmed since. Paul Schneider x Oomph lamps, $1,600 at Oomph showroom, Dallas Design Center, 1025 N Stemmons Freeway, oomphhome.com. RS W e last covered Pennsylvania artist Claire Rosen three years ago, when her Flemish-influenced tablescapes made their Texas debut at Koslov Larsen gallery (at that time, known as Foto Relevance). Now the Houston art space unfurls the group show "Earthly Delights," which has as its centerpiece, Rosen's Fantastical Feasts series, joined by her Baroque- and 19th-century-inspired still lifes. The lushly photographed still lifes convey Light the Way We love a table set with h a n d m a d e l i n e n s , especially when it's all for a good cause. These beautiful hand-blocked textiles are made in South Asia by survivors of human trafficking, in partnership with Dallas- based social impact company Mended. Block printing is an ancient craft found On the Mend local organization that aids survivors of sex trafficking in Dallas — is training local survivors on the art of hand embroidery. Collaboration napkins launch this month. mended.co. Rebecca Sherman beauty, gravitas, and the transience of time, while the Fantastical Feasts elicit delight, as well as environmental statements via their cast of whimsical fauna. Rosen's dinner parties — starring hedgehogs, honeybees, ostriches, turtles, elephants, Shetland ponies, and bears gathered around long, long banquet tables à la Leonardo da Vinci's The Last Supper — were among the hits of this spring's AIPAD The Photography Show when they were showcased in the prestigious photo fair's Monumental section at Manhattan's Park Avenue Armory. Unframed, $1,750 to $8,000; framed, $2,150 to $13,500. Exhibition through October 18, on view through November 2; koslovlarsen. gallery. Catherine D. Anspon Claire Rosen's The Ostrich Feast, 2016 throughout South Asia that involves using wooden blocks to create patterns on fabric. "We do everything from tea towels to napkins, tablecloths, runners, placemats, and even bandannas and totes," says Mallory Martin, who founded Mended in 2020. Twenty-three women and men have been trained to produce the textiles, while another 25 process orders. The collection is available on Mended's website, as well as in 55 boutiques around the U.S.; all 240 World Market stores nationwide also carry the block-printed napkins. "The work has allowed these artisan survivors to have the kind of stability they haven't had before," Martin says. "They can support their families, put food on the table, build housing." Before launching Mended, Martin worked for International Justice Mission, a Washington, D.C., human rights organization that rescues enslaved people around the world. Mended works hand-in-hand with IJM to restore the lives of survivors through economic empowerment. Dallas shirt company Finley has collaborated on a collection with Mended to launch next spring, and a trial project alongside Treasured Vessels Foundation — a Mended's South Asia team Paul Schneider for Oomph hand-thrown lamps Mended block-printed textiles