Ariele Alasko

Ariele Alasko is a designer and woodworker from New York City.[1][2] Her early work consists of furniture and art from re-purposed wood arranged in patterns. She gained popularity on Instagram with a curated feed of cutting boards, handmade spoons, her Brooklyn studio, and her dog.[3][4]

In 2015, Alasko had 370,000 followers on Instagram, and by 2016, it was 418,000 followers.[4][5] She achieved notoriety for her carved wooden spoons and sculptures which were sold at a high price and were copied by other artists.[6][4][7][5]

In 2018, she began making stout, squiggly, table brushes with wood and tampico fibers that sold out immediately on her web store.[3][8]

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  5. ^ a b "Making paper with mulberry bark". The Ellsworth American. 2016-10-12. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
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  7. ^ "Advice to live your life by from successful and creative women". The Independent. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  8. ^ Schneider, Katy (2018-09-21). "How Did Brooms Become the New Ceramics?". The Strategist. Retrieved 2020-07-09.