It began with a shiny block.

ERYDON began because I wanted shinier stone finishes.

I was admiring how Conquest’s calcite and limestone looked with Complementary Unbound. The way the light caught the stone felt remarkably lifelike, and I wanted to try that with other materials. My first attempt was called “glossblocks”: a small collection of marble-textured full blocks. It grew from there.

I’ve always been interested in architecture. Greek philosophy as an undergraduate, art theory as a postgrad, a career in luxury interiors: developing ERYDON brought those different parts of my life together.

The textures reflect stones I love in the real world: Calacatta, Noir Saint Laurent, Statuario, travertine and Belgian Blue, alongside other marbles, gemstones and geological finishes. I wanted players to have a palette they could use to recreate something real or build something entirely imagined.

These days I try to balance building the mods with building with them. Luxury country houses remain my particular interest, although the Collection also lends itself to ecclesiastical and civic architecture.

Oliver