A portrait of Sylvie Rosenthal smiling and standing in her woodshop, next to a large wooden bunny.
A wooden table covered with various Project Kits, available for purchase.
An elliptical mirror with a marbleized blue and black paint. A squiggle pattern is engraved into the surface.
A large, wooden tape dispenser on a low wooden table, next to an elliptical mirror.
A colorful, green Alligator project kit
A neatly arranged layout of wooden components, glue, and hardware to assemble a project kit.
A large wooden sculpture featuring an architectural building, on top of a large wooden whale
Sylvie Rosenthal cutting a large board on a table saw.
A spiral wooden engraving on pencils, next to a jig with a carving tool
A hand-detailed and colorful aquarium diorama made of wooden components, pipe cleaners, and paper.

At Lower Astronomy Studios, we make a wide range of refined and uncommon objects for the domestic landscape, from furniture to sculpture, home décor to project kits.

A beautiful wooden oval mirror with a palm tree. On mouseover: a handsome rectangular wooden-framed mirror with a marbled finish.

HOME GOODS

Modern/Common + Uncommon Objects for the home. Made by hand, with care, and a Virgo’s sense of order. Carefully packed and ready to ship to your orbit.

Wooden components to be assembled into a fun project kit. On mouseover: An assembled Marble Maze kit

PROJECT KITS

Hands-on creativity, building, and play projects for the curious. Building and making projects, simple woodworking + Sloyd, in wood designed for kids ages five through twelve.

A closeup of an architectural space rendered in wood. On mouseover: A geometric black wooden flower vase and an ornate teapot sculpture made out of small stools

CUSTOM WORK

We offer a wide range of custom services and consulting, including custom or prototype furniture, sculpture, interior architecture, and bulk or custom project kits.

LEARN WITH SYLVIE!

Part of the studio operates as an educational laboratory. We teach and mentor in many ways and are still developing a wide range of projects and products. Sylvie has been designing projects and teaching children for 24 years and teaching classes for adults at renowned craft schools and universities in woodworking and carpentry for 14 years.

OUR STUDIO + PURPOSE

LAS is a queer owned + operated independent woodworking and sculpture studio. We are also a hands-on educational laboratory. We have fun and we work hard, while also building an inclusive + safe atmosphere. LAS strives to pay a living wage and hire queer, femme, trans, + BIPOC studio assistants and outside studio labor.

We put energy and weight into supporting local and national communities, non-profits, and conversations, part of the pivot into the new worlds that will become, decolonizing craft + building dynamic + inclusive structures of support + resilience. We critically consider what skills and histories we want to bring into the future.