The Mian Starr Collection

Carol and Imran Mian-Starr are husband and wife who design& create exclusive hand carved - inlaid art& furniture in solid wood. Their work has been displayed and appreciated in many galleries around the world as The Mian Starr Collection. They also do commission pieces for any type of art or furniture in wood. Their work design revolves around the fusion of patterns from the West and the East.

The collection comprises furniture and decorative pieces with a mixture of the contemporary and classic designs carved in solid wood. All of the pieces are genuine hand crafted articles created in unique designs with great skill, depth, and detail. Genuine hand crafting means the exclusive use of chisels and other hand held tools. They deliberately refrain from using even hand-held power tools unless absolutely essential for a particular design. Exclusivity and true beauty of decorative items is achieved through skilled hands only.

The design vision is based upon mixing and blending of contemporary tastes with classical work from the past to create artifacts of value for tomorrow. In some of the work pieces, they try to obtain new path-finding blends of colors and finishes by mixing different types of wood in the same article. This often leads to a new, original and unique look not possible when an entire article is finished in the same type of wood. As a matter of policy they prefer natural colors, grains and finishes; however, they do also use wood staining very occasionally, depending on the customers' preference and demands of the piece at hand.

They work with a wide variety of woods which include Wenge, Mahogany, Beech, Cherry, Walnut, Red Oak, Teak, etc... They carefully select the wood for each of their pieces by the nature of the carving, type of effect, and end result they are after.

Most of the pieces take months to complete. It is emphasized that they specialize in designing and creating articles for customers who love and appreciate the true subtleties of hand carving. Their aim is always to create each piece with spell binding look and a mark of quality.

If you are looking for hand carved furniture and art pieces of exceptional beauty& skill, 'The Mian Starr Collection', has things to offer you.