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THE CHAIR: EVERYTHING BUT WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT
By Giorgia Pizzato Picture: Chair by Morten Stenbaek, Denmark Strolling down a city’s streets, entering a house, a bar or a station it is almost impossible not to come across a chair or its variant. …
Valérie Ceulemans, Valloma, créatrice céramique
Je propose un large choix de sculptures et installations ainsi que des articles destinés à l’Art de la table. Tous ces objets sont uniques et entièrement réalisés par mes soins, dans mon atelier.
Profession: stove maker! Wood in the spotlight …
They were thought to be relegated forever to our childhood memories instead, the wood stoves still have good days in front of them. Sensitivity to the environment and to a way of life closer to …
Anita Matell – Flower maker
Nature and Botanica is a never ending source of inspiration and I can hardly see a flower without rapidly counting its petals and figure out the main structure…
Òscar Ollé, Cabinet maker, Barcelona, Spain
When I was turning a piece of banana tree wood that I cut with my own hands from a tree that saw me grow, which I kept and I had to cure for years before I could work and create a unique piece… I realized that a tree never dies and leaves a story behind.
Jean-Christophe Duperron – Mosaïste – Bruxelles
La mosaïque est présente dans l’imaginaire de chacun, nous en avons de multiples exemples autour de nous. Pour moi, la mosaïque, en résumé, c’est le fait de coller des éléments sur un support, avec un objectif décoratif et/ou artistique. C’est large comme définition ! Et les possibilités sont donc vastes.
Francisco Carrera Iglesias, Embroiderer since 1979, Spain
…adaptar la tradición a la vanguardia. Mis vecinos del barrio se emocionan mucho cuando ven que mis bordados los luce la mujer Michelle Obama o la cantante Pastora Soler en el Festival de Eurovisión en 2012.
VICENTE GRACIA BENSA – JEWELLERY DESIGNER – SPAIN
Through reading the Sufi poetry I realized that the gardens were described as jeweled lands. They described plants and flowers as precious stones and that made me think that we could make a personal universe…
Paola and Luciano Fagnola – Bookbinders, book conservators – Italy
I felt the need to do something that could be interdisciplinary, in which to combine art, literature, science, technologies, creativity, history and create tangible objects
