Vessel Studio
Atmosphere As Emotional Architecture
We work with the quiet language of texture, breath, and atmosphere — designing sensory experiences that slow time and invite presence.
Vessel Studio creates installations, events, and environments rooted in natural materials and emotional architecture. Our work is for people and organizations seeking depth, softness, and meaning — without spectacle.
Vessel Studio was founded from a belief that the world needs more places where the nervous system can rest.
Our work is informed by craft, nature, sensory ease, and queer family life — by the lived experience of tending, holding, and making space. We approach each project as a form of care, building environments that support connection and embodied attention.
We design slowly, intentionally, and with reverence for material.
Our Atmosphere
Sensory Installation
Immersive, crafted environments for events, retreats, weddings & brand moments
A bespoke sensory landscape built from botanicals, textiles, scent, sound, light, and natural materials. Something that quietly rewires the atmosphere. Something people walk into and immediately breathe differently.
Investment:
$5,500 – $12,000
(depending on size + materials)
Sensory Brand Field Guide
For companies craving deeper emotional resonance in their spaces or experiences
A poetic, strategic, sensory-forward document that maps the textures, scents, materials, temperatures, rituals, and emotional currents that should define a brand.
Think:
sensory values
palette of materials
environmental tone
micro-rituals for customers
sound + scent identity
seasonal shifts in atmosphere
It’s both conceptual and wildly practical.
Investment:
$5,000
Sensory Consulting
Experience architecture for people who want their gatherings to feel unforgettable
We walk through your event or space together — in person or virtually — and I help you build an emotional arc using sensory cues.
This includes:
a sensory map
a materials guide
rituals + transitions
creative direction support
sourcing recommendations
Investment:
$2,200 per project (1 on 1 or team based)
The Senseworkshop
A guided, tactile workshop for groups, teams, retreats & gatherings
A hands-on experience weaving together craft, land-based objects, meditation, scent-making, or nature altar-building.
Designed to slow time and reconnect people to the physical world.
Investment:
flat fee $1,500–$3,000
Website-in-a-day
A grounded, beautiful, story-rich website built in one day
For artists, healers, craftspeople, community orgs, or small brands wanting a site that feels like a breath of warm cedar air.
Includes:
copywriting in your poetic voice
brand mood + tone setting
light strategy
full one-day build
launch support
Investment:
3,300-4,400
You deserve an experience that feels alive.
So many gatherings and brands feel the same — overlit, overstimulating, visually loud but emotionally empty. My work exists in the quiet opposite. I build spaces and experiences that feel like exhaling into a warm, cedar-scented dusk.
My installations and sensory blueprints are rooted in the old knowledge of hand work, natural materials, seasonal shifts, and the tenderness of familyhood. I believe that people remember how something felt long before they recall what they saw.
If you’re seeking a moment — or a place — that feels like a small spell, a breath, a landing, you’re in the right place.
Based in Bay Area, Ca
What We create:
sensory installations for weddings, retreats, and events
crafted environmental experiences
brand sensory blueprints
scent + sound + material atmosphere design
creative direction with emotional intelligence
workshops that slow the nervous system
What it feels like:
warm, textural, intimate
grounded in natural materials
poetic and intentional
deeply human
a little bit enchanted
