30 finalists of the Loewe Craft Prize revealed
30 finalists of the Loewe Craft Prize revealed
‘The level is crazy this year,’ remarks Jonathan Anderson in a recent chat with Wallpaper*. He was referring to the outstanding quality in this year’s applicants of the second iteration of the Loewe Craft Prize that the British creative director inaugurated last year to ‘help modernist craft and make it more accessible’. This year, 30 finalists have been chosen from across the globe who show innovative expertise in working with materials from textile and paper to ceramics and metal. These will go on show at London’s Design Museum from 3 May, when a jury that includes Anderson, Patricia Urquiola and last year’s winner Ernst Gamperl will select the winner...
Anderson notes that there is a recurring ‘idea of the vessel’ in this year's work, in both ceramic and woodwork. Pictured: ‘Raining Stones’, ceramics.
Aneta Regel
United Kingdom
‘Barkskin’, ceramics
Irina Razumovskaya
Russian Federation
‘Many candidates from Korea and Spain are showing how you explore textile in a modernist way.’ adds Anderson. Pictured: ‘Matrix III Time, Space, Human’, textiles
Yeonsoon Chang
Republic of Korea
‘Pale, shadowed speckled traces’, ceramics
Jennifer Lee
United Kingdom
‘Object from “The Earthenweare Fer”’, Ceramics
Ann van Hoey
Belgium
‘Hangzhou’ stool, furniture
Min Chen
China
‘Third Time Rainfall’, other
ARKO
Japan
‘Arbitrary Metrics II’, paper
Ashley YK Yeo
Singapore
Anderson also notes the wealth of wood candidates this year, ‘something very interesting and organic.’ Pictured: ‘Singularity’, wood
Christopher Kurtz
United States
‘Waterwork I’, ceramics
Deirdre McLoughlin
Ireland
‘Five Color Vessels 0831’, lacquer
Hae Cho Chung
Republic of Korea
‘Container’, ceramics
Gunilla Maria Åkesson
Sweden
‘Tears in the Sunset’, glass
Joonyong Kim
Republic of Korea
‘homage to the tree’, wood
Joe Hogan
Ireland
‘Bench’, wood
Julian Watts
United States
‘bowl made of copper / elastic sh’, metal
Laurenz Stockner
Italy
‘Shrouded Furnace 5’, ceramics
Marie Janssen
Austria
‘Scalaria Bifurca’, textiles
Mercedes Vicente
Spain
‘Searching for solid ground’, jewellery
Paul Adie
United Kingdom
‘Mokume-gane Vase’, metal
Ryuhei Sako
Japan
‘Frozen/Se[e/a]/Look’, jewellery
Sam Tho Duong
Germany
‘Variations of a Stitched Cube’, textiles
Richard McVetis
United Kingdom
‘Folds of memory’, jewellery
Rita Soto
Chile
‘Sei wo haramu (Filling with sile)', glass
Shohei Yokoyama
Japan
‘CRAQUELURE’, jewellery
Sara Gackowska
Poland
‘Croissance XL (XL Growth)’, textiles
Simone Pheulpin
France
‘New Medicine’, glass
Steffen Dam
Denmark
‘Tea Bowl’, ceramics
Takuro Kuwata
Japan
‘Qingbai Gold Bowl’, ceramics
Takeshi Yasuda
United Kingdom
‘100 Foot Drain/Annie's Wood’, wood
Wycliffe Stutchbury
United Kingdom
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