SILLA evolved in parallel to my relationship with Marfa.

I moved to Marfa in 1994, to work for The Judd Estate. What was initially a year’s commitment to organize and oversee the appraisal of the estate’s inventory turned into a three-year job. By then, I was ready to get back to making things. I started Silla in 1997 as a design/build company, with an interest in site-specific design. The limitations of a small town with few resources, where materials were hard to come by, created an environment of invention and self-reliance that has become a hallmark of SILLA’s production.

                                                    — Joey Benton, founder of SILLA