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Image: Baba Tree Master Weavers × Álvaro Catalán de Ocón / LOEWE Foundation (opens source in a new tab)Collaborative Basketry & Architectural Memory
Frafra Tapestry turns an aerial reading of a Ghanaian settlement into woven elephant grass. The result is a collaboration between design drawing, architectural memory and the knowledge of named master weavers.
Contemporary Crystal & Authored Surface Work
Harry Nuriev’s 2026 Baccarat collection interrupts the formality of cut crystal with words and drawn gestures. The encounter is worth reading through the actual workshop processes, not the collaboration label alone.
Kumiko Woodwork & Contemporary Screens
Tanihata’s kumiko screens make a geometric pattern from fitted pieces of wood rather than a surface decoration. Light passes through the result, making an old joining skill useful in contemporary rooms.
Jasperware & Material Invention
Wedgwood’s jasperware can look familiar enough to escape a second glance. Its more surprising story begins beneath the white relief, in an experimental ceramic body rather than painted blue decoration.
Contemporary Terracotta & Sculptural Process
Kunimasa Aoki’s Realm of Living Things 19 looks almost geological. Its layered terracotta makes pressure, shrinkage and the risk of firing part of the finished sculpture rather than defects to erase.
Florentine Hardstone Inlay & Living Workshops
In commesso fiorentino, a vein in a stone can become fur, a petal or a distant hill. The surprising art is not painting on minerals, but finding the picture within them and fitting its pieces together.
Experimental Ceramics & Collectible Craft
Jongjin Park’s Strata of Illusion won the 2026 LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize. Its chair-like form begins with layered paper and porcelain slip, then lets the kiln alter the architecture.
Crystal Sculpture & Living Manufacture
René Lalique’s Bacchantes began in 1927 and remains a living design. The revealing part is how a ring of figures moves between mould, handwork, satin surface and light.
Jaipur Blue Pottery & Material Knowledge
Jaipur blue pottery begins with a surprising material recipe. Beneath the painted surface is a quartz-rich body and a sequence of skilled decisions worth knowing.
Japanese Prints & The Art of Looking
Hiroshi Yoshida’s Sailing Boats changes atmosphere without abandoning its subject. Reusing woodblocks with different colours reveals how much of a place is made by light.
Bizen Ceramics & Firing Knowledge
Bizen pottery offers another way to read a vessel. Clay and firing can create a complex surface without applied glaze, making the kiln part of the work rather than just its final destination.
Ebru & Marbling Traditions
In ebru, a picture takes shape on a prepared liquid surface before it reaches paper. The lasting object preserves a fleeting arrangement and the knowledge that allowed it to happen.
