Who’s Luz de Mano?

Hi, I’m Jorge Rafael Moawad, a woodworker who loves to design and handcraft furniture, create frames, build interior architecture, and carve sculpture. Luz de Mano refers to the inspiration and energy at work in my hands. This has been my full-time business for ten years, though I’ve been working with wood and pursuing quality since I was kid.

My workshop in Pomona California is my home, the way to keep creativity a priority and the cost down. Half my schedule lends to commissioned furniture and built-ins, while the other half gets booked with sculpture and handcrafted frames. What do I like to make most? The mix of all the above is my dream come true.

Thank you for viewing my work here online. With regard to environmental design and woodwork, let this be a perfect meeting place between what your space might need and what LdM’s creative priority can solve. The 50 pieces of work gathered in the folio here illustrate a twenty-year history of my lifelong journey so far. Some of my best work would never have happened without the client’s story, so I look forward to the inspiration our next collaboration will present.