ORIGIN

Elemental force. Shaped.

MAARCORA creates collectible objects shaped through force, balance, and material precision.

Each piece is hand-built in controlled production by a European atelier, using advanced composites and refined surface techniques.

Designed as functional sculpture.
Made to hold its place.

Every MAARCORA piece begins with sculptural intention – mass, tension, and proportion resolved into functional form.
The result is furniture that carries architectural weight, objects that anchor a space through presence rather than decoration.

Because basalt fiber settles differently with each weave, no surface is ever identical.

Each piece carries a unique signature shaped by the hands that built it.

Each MAARCORA form is constructed from basalt fiber layered with resin and shaped by hand within its mold.

The weave is demanding and precise – hours of continuous alignment, where density shifts to create structural strength or sculptural openness.
After hardening, the surface is refined and prepared for advanced coatings.
A hot-applied polyurethane layer seals the form, ensuring resistance to heat, salt, frost, and UV.

Selected tones are then applied to achieve depth, durability, and a tactile, velvet-like finish.

This is sculpture-level craftsmanship – disciplined, technical, and singular.

MAARCORA creates sculptural furniture defined by proportion, balance, and permanence.

Our work begins with form – refined through modelling, shaping, and surface engineering – and resolves into functional objects built to hold their place within architectural space.

Each piece is produced in limited yearly production, finished by hand in a European atelier, and crafted with techniques used in advanced composite design.

MAARCORA does not follow seasons or mass production.

Every object is a singular creation shaped with clarity, restraint, and sculptural intent.

Ieva Arsteniece, founder of MAARCORA, oversees the studio’s creative direction and material development.