--- title: "Studio Vlock — Artists & Artisans | Houzz" canonical_html_url: https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/studio-vlock-pfvwus-pf~1864368472 markdown_url: https://www.houzz.com/md/professionals/pf~1864368472.md entity_type: LocalBusiness business_name: "Studio Vlock" category: ["Artists & Artisans"] image: https://st.hzcdn.com/fimgs/81a3166007c846e0_6192-w400-h400-b0-p0--.jpg address: "Branford, Connecticut, United States" latitude: 41.28 longitude: -72.8106 phone: "(203) 464-4045" website: http://www.studiovlock.com rating: 5 review_count: 6 followers: 21 last_updated: 2026-09-03 --- # Studio Vlock Original Houzz profile: [Studio Vlock](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/studio-vlock-pfvwus-pf~1864368472) ## Professional summary - **Primary category:** Artists & Artisans - **Location:** Branford, CT - **Serves:** International, Ships anywhere in the U.S. - **Houzz rating:** 5.0 out of 5 (6 reviews) ## About ### Houzz Badges - Recommended on Houzz - 250 Ideabook Saves As an architect and artist, my focus has always been to engage people in a shared experience, capture an authentic sense of place, and create environments that are both functional and beautiful. I view the functional fine art offered through my newest venture, Studio Vlock, as a natural evolution of that vision, one that enables me to design pieces that inspire memorable experiences and create unique environments for social gathering, quiet reflection, and visual delight. Each collection of ‘Fireballs,’ ‘ScreenPlays’ and other sculptural elements tells a story—real or imagined—that is inspired by nature and shared experience. My canvas includes sustainable materials and repurposed objects. Fireballs are re-imagined steel mooring buoys; an object that once anchored boats now serves as an anchor for communal gatherings, transforming outdoor spaces into intimate places. ScreenPlays elevate the fireplace screen from the mundane to the magical; creating an architectural focal point and conversation piece. For me, the work is a journey of discovery and a process of collaboration; an adventure in storytelling and a celebration of nature where everyday objects and spaces become extraordinary experiences. Every piece is handcrafted and custom made for you and your space. Fireballs are designed for wood burning, propane or natural gas. Studio Vlock is delighted to be represented by ÆRENA Galleries & Gardens, in Napa Valley, CA. My work will be on display and used as intended – functional fine art; at Auberge de Soliel Resort, Aerena Gallery at Ma(i)sonry, and their newest venue, RiverHouse in Napa. We can ship anywhere within the US or Internationally. ### Services Provided - Commissioned Work - Custom Artwork - Custom Designed Firepits - Custom Designed Fireplace Screens - Custom Garden Gates - Lanterns and Light Fixtures ### Areas Served - International - Ships anywhere in the U.S. ### Typical Job Cost “Fireballs” are custom designed firepits. These are available in three sizes: 58”, 40”, and 28” diameter. "Screenplays" are custom made fireplace screens. Each piece is custom, hand crafted and designed to order. We are able to ship anywhere in the world. ## Business Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Business Name | Studio Vlock | | Address | Branford, Connecticut, United States | | Phone | (203) 464-4045 | | Website | http://www.studiovlock.com | | Followers on Houzz | 21 | **Social profiles:** - Facebook — https://www.facebook.com/studiovlock/ - X (Twitter) — https://twitter.com/sandravlock - Blog — https://www.instagram.com/studio.vlock/ ## Contact - **Houzz profile:** [Studio Vlock](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/studio-vlock-pfvwus-pf~1864368472) - **Website:** http://www.studiovlock.com - **Phone:** (203) 464-4045 ## Credentials **Certifications & Awards** - Featured in numerous publications such as: Forbes, Wall Street Journal, Global Traveler, Connecticut Cottages & Gardens, CBS Magazine, Design New England, Boston Magazine, Landscape Architecture Magazine, and more. ## Reviews **Overall rating: 5.0 out of 5 — 6 reviews** ### All 6 reviews **★★★★★ — Anthony Angelotti, Sept. 2017** > Sophisticated Whimsey!! We commissioned Sandra from Studio Vlock to design three gates and two fixed panels for our desert project to harmonize with the Desert Dreams Fireball she designed for us a year ago. What a joy is was to work with a collaborative artist! Her creativity, imagination, attention to detail and ability to deliver on time exceeded all expectations and would recommend her for any design project!! **★★★★★ — Elizabeth Colt, June 2017** > Wonderful experience. I love the Fireball, it simply transformed the garden space. The whole experience of working with Sandra was excellent from start to finish. **★★★★★ — Joyce Myers, Feb. 2017** > Living on the water, it’s all about the view. The warmth and glow of a fire created within the Fireball extends the time we can spend outside together. Itcreates a natural gathering place in our garden. This is where everyone wants to be together - which was the whole point of building a family retreat **★★★★★ — dolba17, Jan. 2017** > Sandra created an original, one of a kind, very personalized, fireplace screen for our antique house. This past spring, we lost a 300 year old maple tree from our front yard and it not only devastated our family, but our neighborhood as well. The tree was so dear to all of us. My friend Sandra suggested a fireplace screen with the tree as the main design. Well, the project took off from there. Sandra was brilliant with her ideas, questions (to help her capture the essence of the tree and its profound meaning to our family) and skill to make a finished piece of art that will be a treasured family heirloom. We couldn't be more thrilled. We consider it a priceless piece of art! **★★★★★ — Paul Goff, Jan. 2017** > When we met with Sandra to discuss a custom Fireball for our event space in the Joshua Tree, CA area, we felt the best way to collaborate with her was to let the artist create. > > At various times during her initial visit, we would see her sitting on a boulder, sketching. Little did we realize that she was capturing the Southern California High Desert flora and fauna in her captivating style. > > The Desert Dreams Fireball arrived and the piece was more extraordinary that we ever imagined! It is a world scape of what we live with but created through her eyes. It’s completely whimsical and magical! > > At The Ruin Venue, the private event space for which Desert Dreams was made, we see Sandra’s work as living sculpture that draws people together. The Fireball is a place to share stories and conversation. Strangers make friends. We truly believe the memories our guests have from their special event are more rich because of the Fireball experience! **★★★★★ — Maria DeMarco, Jan. 2017** > Sandra is a pleasure to work with and an extremely talented artist. We commissioned a fireball as a surprise birthday gift and wanted it to represent all the things that brought happiness and joy to the recipient. She was able to incorporate all of those elements in the design and worked carefully to make sure it was perfect. She even made herself available for the "surprise" delivery and installation. The end result is a truly unique and functional piece of art that brings joy to all that get to spend time around the fire. ## Selected projects - [Desert Dream Gates and Screens- The Inn at the Ruin](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/desert-dream-gates-and-screens-the-inn-at-the-ruin-pj-vj~2699535) - Location: Joshua Tree, CA - Photos: 24 - Description: The Inn at the Ruin Joshua Tree, CA For The Inn at The Ruin—an adjacent complex of pavilions and community space, Studio Vlock has designed a series of Corten steel entry gates and courtyard screens. These are part of the 'Desert Dream’ collection, including the Fireball at The Ruin Venue. Using architectural elements to define exterior spaces throughout the property, these gates and screens tell a story; knitting together in one cohesive thread The Ruin Venue and now the adjacent Inn at the Rui… - [Desert Dream - The Ruin Venue - Joshua Tree, CA](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/desert-dream-the-ruin-venue-joshua-tree-ca-pj-vj~2191282) - Location: Joshua Tree, CA - Photos: 16 - Description: "The Fireball at The Ruin is nothing less than magnificent!" – Paul Goff, owner The Ruin Venue The high desert environment of Southern California is a surreal and immense landscape of sculpted rock, populated by strange and iconic Joshua Trees. The early morning chill did not discourage an unchartered hike with sketchbook in hand. In this stark landscape, the careful observer will encounter colorful cactus flowers and spiny cat's claws, busy hummingbirds and soaring eagles. One can only imagine… - [Maritime Magic Fireplace Screen](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/maritime-magic-fireplace-screen-pj-vj~2191324) - Location: Branford, CT - Photos: 2 - Description: The Connecticut shoreline is the inspiration for "Maritime Magic". The imagery is a fantasy world of wide-eyed fish, giant octopus, fish hooks and anchors, sea creatures large and small. A sailing ship pitches forward on a curling wave. Sea gulls careen above in a sun-filled sky. Look closely and you may find a message in a bottle. - [Turtle Play - Winvian Farm in Litchfield Hills, CT](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/turtle-play-winvian-farm-in-litchfield-hills-ct-pj-vj~2191329) - Location: Litchfield, CT - Photos: 9 - Description: How fortunate to observe these remarkable sea creatures up close, swimming in coral reefs and feeding on the abundant sea grass beds of Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands. "Turtle Play" is a day in the life in their underwater habitat; a paradise shared by sea horses, sand dollars and jelly fish. - [Maritime Magic Fireball](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/maritime-magic-fireball-pj-vj~2191319) - Location: Branford, CT - Photos: 8 - Description: The Connecticut shoreline is the inspiration for "Maritime Magic". The imagery is a fantasy world of wide-eyed fish, giant octopus, fish hooks and anchors, sea creatures large and small. A sailing ship pitches forward on a curling wave. Sea gulls careen above in a sun-filled sky. Look closely and you may find a message in a bottle. This whimsical design is right at home in any environment. A special installation at Winvian Farm in the Litchfield Hills of Connecticut – voted one of the 100 best h… - [Blue Heron Bliss Fireball](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/blue-heron-bliss-fireball-pj-vj~2008339) - Location: Falmouth, MA - Photos: 4 - Description: Fireball in the garden Oyster Pond is one of Falmouth's treasured natural resources adjacent to Vineyard Sound on Cape Cod. The owners commissioned two pieces, a 40" Fireball and a Screen Play. The Blue Heron Bliss Fireball captures the magnificent life of Oyster Pond – herons, dragonflies, lotus flowers, frogs and lily pads. The Fireball sits comfortably on the front lawn, punctuating the abundant garden of limelight hydrangeas and beautiful purple and yellow flowers. Just steps from the water… - [Blackbirds in the Vineyard](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/blackbirds-in-the-vineyard-pj-vj~2191340) - Location: Napa, CA - Photos: 4 - Description: “Blackbirds in the Vineyard” is a new design created by Sandra Vlock that evokes the fertile bounty of the Napa and Sonoma Valley region; one that captures the cadence, geometry and rhythmic patterns of the vineyards. The imagery for this collection is animated by playful blackbirds and ranch-land creatures, grape vines, olive groves, and buckeye trees – under a big harvest sun. Featured Installations: “Studio Vlock is delighted to be represented by ÆRENA Galleries & Gardens, in Napa Valley, CA.… - [Blue Heron Bliss Fireplace Screen](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/blue-heron-bliss-fireplace-screen-pj-vj~2008304) - Location: Falmouth, MA - Photos: 7 - Description: Screen Play brings the landscape inside. Blue herons take center stage as the featured design element for the Blue Heron Bliss Screen Play; a wood-burning stone fire place that is the focal point to the great room. - [Light Fixtures](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/light-fixtures-pj-vj~2830976) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 9 - Description: Studio Vlock is working on a collection of light fixtures in various sizes, shapes and finishes. Shown here is “Horse Play”, a boat-shaped table/pendant light fixture in stainless steel. It measures 42” long x 16” wide (max) x 20” high. The flexible design allows for the piece to sit on a table or be pendant hung. The stainless steel bottom plate is a perfect surface for arranging tea lights. Used as a pendant fixture, the bottom plate is easily removed. The pendant is custom fit for length and… - [Harvest Moon - Chamard Vineyard](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/harvest-moon-chamard-vineyard-pj-vj~2191353) - Location: Clinton, CT - Photos: 6 - Description: California's vineyards create a mesmerizing landscape of precise and rhythmic patterns etched against soft, rolling hillsides. But "Harvest Moon" tells another story. Against this sun-drenched backdrop, there's a busy world of hidden treasures filled with butterflies and bumble bees, field mice and lady bugs. A robin catches a fat worm. The great horned owl keeps watch below a starry sky. Featured Installation: Thank you Chamard Vineyards in Clinton, Connecticut for hosting the Harvest Moon Fire… - [Family Tree](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/family-tree-pj-vj~2365099) - Location: Branford, CT - Photos: 9 - Description: The ‘Family Tree’ fireplace screen was commissioned by the property’s owners who were devastated by the loss of a magnificent 200 year old maple tree; eager to pay tribute to the beauty and joy it had provided to them and to the generations preceding who had passed the seasons under its boughs. Inspiration: This tree marked a homestead, sheltered a family, enlivened a neighborhood, and harbored the stories of generations. This was the inspiration for 'Family Tree'. In the course of the design pr… - [Custom Lanterns](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/custom-lanterns-pj-vj~2811284) - Location: Joshua Tree, CA - Photos: 10 - Description: Repurposing hard to find vintage steel fishing net floats, Studio Vlock's limited collection of lanterns, are both functional light spheres and intriguing objets d’art. These small treasures—typically 7 1/2” or 8” in diameter, are one-of-a-kind; often with stamped markings, ribbing, and marvelous fittings. The design incorporates these details with playful imagery inspired by nature such as: sea creatures, hummingbirds, rattlesnakes, fauna and flora. Studio Vlock will create commissioned or cust… - [Dance of the Longtail](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/dance-of-the-longtail-pj-vj~2191215) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 6 - Description: The “Dance of the Longtail” Fireball is a newly commissioned piece by a Bermudian family for their home on Tucker’s Town Peninsula (Bermuda’s main island), overlooking the brilliant blue ocean waters of the Atlantic. This white tail tropical sea bird is native to Bermuda and a national symbol. The Longtail announces the arrival of spring and is a beautiful resident of its coastal cliffs in summer months. Hibiscus with their trumpet shaped flowers adorn the base of this piece. The Fireball will b… - [Independence](https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/independence-pj-vj~2191360) - Location: Not specified - Photos: 3 - Description: This custom designed, commissioned Fireball is inspired by a unique person and family memories translated into design motifs celebrated on the Independence Fireball for a milestone birthday. Imagery is influenced by the honoree's love of boating, 4th of July birthday and family vacations. [See all 14 projects](https://www.houzz.com/professionals/artists-and-artisans/studio-vlock-pfvwus-pf~1864368472) ## Ideabooks - [Contemporary Fireplaces](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/82514804/list/contemporary-fireplaces) — 5 ideas [See all 1 ideabook](https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/users/info826771) --- *Source: Houzz professional profile. Reflects the profile as of 2026-09-03.*