About Us
ForanSuon is a collaborative brand of 3-d printed ceramics by artist Jacob Foran and architect Phirak Suon. We provide our customers with affordable art items by finding intersections between Fine Art, Craft, Science, Technology, Artist, and Art Gallery. We feel that you should live with art— rather than wishing you could collect and experience art, we make it easy. By purchasing now, your acquisition, gift, or investment will continue to rise in value while adding beauty and inspiration to your life at home. So don’t miss on collecting one of the first 3d-printed artworks in history, created by ForanSuon. We are Artists, Designers, Educators, and Vanguards with 3D-printing ceramic art, made in Seattle. With more than 15 years experience as professional artists, everything we make is made with exquisite craftsmanship. Our projects include collaborative art exhibitions that focus on celebrating cultural diversity and community engagement, as well as product design for home interiors, gifts, retail, dining.
Our Mission
We like using our creativity, experience, technology and craftsmanship to add exquisite beauty to your home. We believe that art, architecture & design teaches you to view the world differently, think more creatively, feel more inspired, see beauty and experience an elevated sense of connection to the world and each other.
Giving Back
When you purchase ForanSuon online, you help us invest in the future by supporting people and programs that share our values.
We provide select internships for students pursuing careers in creative fields such as Art, Architecture, Game Design, and Computer Science.
We are proud to help fund raise by creating art for non-profit auction events and museum shops.
We partner with organizations who share our values, contact us if you have an idea, event, or project where we may be of service to you. info@foransuon.com
Meet the Co-Founders
Jacob Foran, Owner, Founder
Jacob Foran is a visual artist working in Seattle, WA. His work has been exhibited and collected widely throughout the US and he been a resident artist at the European Ceramic Work Center in The Netherlands; the Ceramics Department at California State Long Beach University; and a two time summer resident at the Archie Bray Foundation for Ceramic Arts in Helena, MT. He has a Master’s in Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Washington- Seattle (2010). His artwork has been published in Designboom (Milan), Surfaces Magazine (Beijing), Artslant (New York), Beautiful Decay (Los Angeles), and Ceramics Monthly Magazine. Foran was named one of Ceramics Monthly Magazine’s 2017 Emerging Artists. He is currently Visual Arts Faculty at Lakeside School in Seattle and Creative Director of ForanSuon.
Phirak Suon, Co-Founder
Phirak Suon is a designer working in Seattle, WA. He has a background in art, architecture, and digital fabrication. His work explores the intersection between materials, digital and traditional handcraft. Suon was on the team that helped develop the Potterbot clay 3D printer and he has worked as a technician and production specialist for Emerging Objects at UC Berkeley after receiving his MA in Architecture. He has co-taught classes at Pilchuck Glass School in 2017-2019. Research residencies include time at the Tacoma Museum of Glass and Corning Museum of Glass with collaborator Brandyn Callahan.