About

Brooklyn SLaB is a custom furniture and fabrication studio that is based in Brooklyn and Maine. BK SLaB specializes in multipurpose accent pieces for small spaces that combine contemporary design and traditional decorative techniques with a focus on sustainability.

Owner Shannon Bowser has a background in sculpture and museum display fabrication, and has trained as a furniture maker at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in Rockport, Maine. She formed Brooklyn SLaB in 2013 to pursue her passion for woodworking, and to translate her artistic influences into functional design. She is a three-time recipient of a Studio Fellowship at the Center for Furniture Craftsmanship in 2014, 2016, and 2022, and a recipient of the Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in 2015. She has exhibited in BKLN Designs in 2014, and at the Architectural Digest Design Show in NYC in 2015 and 2016.