Craft Tag

Next Craft Prize Is Heading to Latest York Flicking through photos of the 30 objects competing for the subsequent Loewe Foundation Craft Prize, it’s often difficult to decipher the top use, the fabric employed — and in some cases, if one is likely to be taking a look at living, organic compounds. Unexpected forms and a “sense of playfulness and surprise” characterize most of the entries for the 2023 edition, which encompass ceramics, woodworking, textiles, furniture, paper, basket-making, glass, metal, jewelry lacquer, leather and bookbinding. A panel of experts whittled down the finalists from 2,700 entries from 117 different countries. Anatxu Zabalbeascoa, a design journalist and executive secretary of the experts panel, said, “We're blissful to have been capable of further expose the notion of...