Loewe Foundation Craft Prize 2025

Kyo – Sculpture in dried leaf paste on boards, exploring the fragile, natural, and artificial.

Rosso: Ceramic piece inspired by Italian maiolica and watering cans; rolled sheets with an expressive red slip.

Sobejos XII: Sculptural tapestry in wool, resin, and wood; it flows from the wall to the floor, combining tradition and painterly technique.

Pleats Vase No. 7 – Pleated fir vase with ink and tung oil; reveals natural grain and soft texture.

Hollow Stripe Chain: Glass and thread necklace, woven in peyote stitch with thousands of Japanese beads; a textile meditation on time and repetition.

Release Clear #3: A spiral tube of translucent glass and brass, exploring the tension between suspended movement and stillness.

Group Work – Hybrid brush/furniture in maple and brass, with multiple sorghum heads; reinterpretation of Appalachian ceremonial brooms.

StopStone / Tomeishi – Fluted ceramic cube with dark pigments and glazes, inspired by the Japanese tradition of protective stones.

Kyo – Sculpture in dried leaf paste on boards, exploring the fragile, natural, and artificial.

A Soft Landscape: Hanji paper chair with over 100 layers bonded with flour paste; light and sturdy with no visible structure.

Eternity – A monumental lacquered work, with glossy black lacquer and gray tile powder, depicting a suspended moon.

TM Bench With Bowl – Recycled aluminum bench reflects on consumption and globalization; received a special mention (€5,000).

Fluvial – Reclaimed century-old redwood wardrobe; pendular doors that sprout organically beyond the frame.

Panya Routes – Textile map with woven aluminum cans and natural fibers, inspired by rat tracks in Kenya.

Feelings – Shibori textile sculpture in jute and linen; orange color and embroidery evoking Sino-French landscapes.

Baguni – Copper box with a design inspired by Korean basketry; hammered surfaces with texture and patina.

Embracing Lotus – Iron and silver platters with lotus motifs; they can be assembled into multiple compositions.

Five-Lobed – Unglazed porcelain, created with multiple moulds; textural exoskeleton with delicate interior.

Monument – 12th-century column woven in copper zari on a soluble support, architectural homage; special mention.

White Expression (series “1-4”) – Silver brooches with Gothic iconography and Japanese heraldry; multifaceted surface.

Good Fortune #2 – Xuan paper and scale-style binding; reviving Tang Dynasty artistic techniques.

Mytilula – Textile curtain made of byssus (sea silk) fibers and copper; it combines tradition with ecological awareness to control light and heat.

AURA – Jewelry in agate, steel, and rubber; minimalist necklaces that interact with the body, fusing jewelry and sculpture.

Sandcastle – Ceramic that reproduces a large-scale West African weaving technique; it simulates salt-hardened sand.

Mol mindirr – Ceremonial black basket made of pandanus and kurrajong bark; contemporary Aboriginal tradition.

Flower Tree – Spiral ceramic sculpture in porcelain stoneware, with fractal details and intuitive glaze, six months in the making.