Recap: Casa Ya Mwezi
Casa Ya Mwezi
A Furniture Exhibition
Casa Ya Mwezi marries ancient traditional craft with leading edge design to build the living/work spaces of the future. Through furniture design, research, exhibition and storytelling, CYM cultivates spaces embedded with new freedom templates.
Our inaugural exhibition took place at Italian Luxury Interiors during Atlanta Design Festival 2025. showcased hand-built furniture, sculpture and bespoke home accents.
We showcased hand built furniture, sculpture, prototypes, ceramic, bespoke home accents and African antiquities.
A selection of works are highlighted below. View the full Casa Ya Mwezi catalog.
Curated by Kenniese S. Franklin • Zenya Sawela • SheaGreen • Dejanerra Mugford
The Limba loveseat
Kieta Rose
Kieta envisioned contemplating upon a pile of stones when conceptualizing the Limba loveseat. She brought the vision to life with hand sculpted cushions asymmetrically stacked in perfect balance.
Ira
Zenya Sawela
A sculpted poplar wood chair, finished in a Bombay Mahogany treatment and paired with distinctive Caribbean-style cane seating, was christened ‘Ira’ by the designer’s muse — a subtle play on the “Eye of Ra,” the ancient Egyptian symbol of the Sun God’s power.
Its structural form invites viewers to discover their own interpretation. Some see movement like a raging fire, a woman dancing, or even the eye of a hurricane.
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St. Aubyn, The Lost Parish
Zenya Sawela
At Flat Bridge, Jamaica where the Rio Cobre river runs deep, legend tells of a golden table that rises at noon on the hottest days. Guarded by River Mumma right beneath the bridge, many sought to claim it, but the river swallowed lives and kept its treasure hidden, teaching that true wealth lies not in possession, but in harmony.
This dining table carries that spirit forward. It’s not a prize to be seized, but a rare creation to be lived with. A piece where myth and craft converge, offering wholeness and presence to those who bring it into their home. This table depicts the topology of St. Aubyn, The Lost Parish in which the riverbed is its entryway.
Palm Print Coffee Table
Kenniese Franklin
Palm Print gets its name from the lines that separate each portion of the table top. Shaped like a fork in the road, these lines assume the directions of the head line and life line in palmistry.
Modular and organically shaped, Palm Print breaks into three smaller, multi-purpose tables. It’s grounding presence becomes the anchor in your space.
For its debut at Casa Ya Mwezi 2025, Palm Print was paired with the Limba loveseat by Kieta Rose, Queen’s Flame by Hopeton St. Claire Hibbert and a selection of African antiques from Twin Brothers Gallery.
Connect with Kenniese Franklin, Casa Ya Mwezi co-founder
Moonrock Water Fountain
Kenniese Franklin
Moonrock was situated at the entrance of the exhibition. A fluid but grounding energy greeted the guests, activating their senses through soft water rippling. This water feature is composed of plaster of paris, stucco, Georgia red clay, acrylic, copper and stone.
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Arc Side Table
Yawkow
Conceived as a study in proportion and adaptability, this table explores how furniture can shift roles while maintaining sculptural presence. The form allows the top to be separated and used as a stool, offering versatility without sacrificing clarity. It reflects an investigation into modularity and balance, setting the tone for future works within W/FORM: Objects.
All Water Has Perfect Memory
Suzanna Missenberger
“All water has perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.” If we should think of our faces as places of perfect memory how differently would we think of ourselves and how would we honour this inheritance? This emanation.
At this point in time I find I am concerned with the sense of self that allows for freedom to exist. I have approached this curiosity through the use of mirrors and their position as spiritual technology. I am committed to seek and co-create living symbols,such as masks and mirrors,that aid in the navigation of psycho-political and cultural disorientations.
- Suzanna Missenberger
Queen’s Flame
Hopeton St. Clair Hibbert
Through his ongoing Ode to John Henry series, Hibbert reclaims salvaged industrial materials—railroad wood, iron, rebar, concrete—transforming them into layered narratives of labor, resilience, and cultural memory. Paired with the Limba loveseat, Queen’s Flame radiates regal strength, its fiery presence symbolizing feminine power, endurance, and illumination.
Sculpted Table Lamps
SheaGreen
Hand sculpted and intricately etched with sacred symbology, SheaGreen table lamps are totems for the home.
Sheana crafts small-batch pieces that soften the line between art and functional objects. Raised in Queens and now establishing roots in Georgia, her journey with clay began as a spiritual reclamation, a way to reconnect with her own divine nature amid life’s noise. What started as an act of self-remembrance has blossomed into a practice centered on creating tangible affirmations for the home.
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