Every so often, we hear about designers who gather information from nature, who abide by an organic aesthetic–and yet, whatever the inspiration from the natural world, I simply can’t see it. This is decidedly not the case with lighting and furniture guru Ayala Serfaty. As the sole designer at Aqua Creations, Serfaty produces work that reminds me of flowers, deep sea creatures, and cloud formations, to name a few.

Apaya Floor Lamp. Designed by Ayala Serfaty for Aqua Creations.

Previously, we wrote about her Anana Chair, which looks like an exotic fruit (dragonfruit comes to mind); Five Palms lighting, which resembles unopened poppy seeds; and Soma lighting, which appears like undersea brain coral. Now, Ayala has teamed up with textile artist Irit Dulman to introduce a new lighting collection entitled Apaya.

Also known as “Sculptured Wool Lighting,” the Apaya Collection employs felt that is pressed and applied to a curvy frame. The process produces singular pieces: “This particular handcraft presupposes limited edition series and one-of-a-kind creations.” Made from Merino and Mohair wools with pure silk, these lighting forms seem to have sprung from a Dr. Seuss picture book–especially the floor lamps with long tufts of hair. On April 10th, the Apaya Collection launches at the Light+Building 2010 fair in Frankfurt, Germany. Although the collection began with the Apaya Floor Lamp, Aqua Creations will unveil “more floor and table lamps, ceiling and wall lights as well as pendants.” The intended color palette for the collection remains a mystery to “be revealed later this year.” I quite like the white mohair version with the coral accents at the undulating edges of the lamp, which seems borrowed from Ernst Haeckel, the German biologist, philosopher, and artist known for his striking drawings of sea creatures. The Apaya Collection, like most work produced by Aqua Creations, truly revels in the organic. There is no doubt that the lamps recall some of nature’s most unusual wonders.