Mixed Materials 2021 – Yukiko Kakimoto

Mixed Materials 2021 – Yukiko Kakimoto

YUKIKO KAKIMOTO Mixed Materials / Japan    I use the technique of Kintsugi. “Kintsugi” is unique to the Japanese culture; it repairs cracked, split pottery. Kintsugi was born from the delicate aesthetic sense of the Japanese, who value and appreciate even the...
Mixed Materials 2021 – Verde Alieri

Mixed Materials 2021 – Verde Alieri

VERDE ALFIERI Mixed Materials / Italy   My world and everyday life have been full of paper from the beginning. I’m daughter of an art publisher and I worked also with him for many years designing books and touching paper all the day everyday. But paper is...
Mixed Materials 2021 – Ute van der Plaats

Mixed Materials 2021 – Ute van der Plaats

UTE VAN DER PLAATS Mixed Materials / Belgium   Porcelain is the main medium in my work. I’m fascinated by the tension between the fragile appearance and the actual strength of porcelain. With every new collection I explore new materials and integrate them in...
Mixed Materials 2021 – Rachel Butlin

Mixed Materials 2021 – Rachel Butlin

RACHEL BUTLIN Mixed Materials / UK   Rachel seeks to challenge the concepts of contemporary jewellery, producing a range of high end mixed material pieces. She loves to challenge the way in which people perceive a piece, by creating small scale sculpture that can...
Mixed Materials 2021 – Minqui Gu

Mixed Materials 2021 – Minqui Gu

MINQUI Mixed Materials / Australia   Miss Minqi Gu playfully embraces the act of making through her curious explorations of cultural difference, consumerism, motherhood and identity. Bold and deliberate in colour, simple and suggestive in form and saturated in...
Mixed Materials 2021 – Lorena Lazard

Mixed Materials 2021 – Lorena Lazard

LORENA LAZARD Mixed Materials / Mexico   Working with soil is an act full of symbolism and meaning. Through this body of work, I want to understand the concept of revealing. Open small spaces to what is hidden, to discover and rediscover and maybe through it, get...