Art
Craft
#ceramics
#fiber
#sculpture
#wood
![a puffy wooden sculpture with small stitched together strips and holes](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-3.jpg)
Heechan Kim, “#16,” ash wooden, copper wire. All photos courtesy of Loewe Craft Prize, shared with permission
The distinguished Loewe Craft Prize introduced 30 finalists for its 2024 competitors, showcasing a formidable array of items spanning ceramics and glass to textiles and metals.
A deal with discovered and pure supplies dominates this 12 months’s shortlist, and lots of the works have fun the fantastic thing about the pure world in each subject material and substance. Heechan Kim pushes the boundaries of woodworking with “#16,” a voluptuous sculpture product of water-soaked ash strips stitched along with copper wire. Eunmi Chun’s elegant “Wings of the Blue Chook” takes a extra carnal method and is comprised of dried and minimize cow intense that masquerades as blue feathers.
The prize garnered 3,900 submissions from artisans in 124 international locations and areas. On Might 14, one winner will likely be awarded €50,000, additionally marking the opening of an exhibition at Palais de Tokyo in Paris working via June 9. (through Artsy)
![a long necklace of blue, green, and purple feathers](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-1.jpg)
Eunmi Chun, “Wings of the Blue Chook,” cow’s small gut, thread, ink
![a tapestry of clay beads with checks and gray stripes down the center](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-2.jpg)
Ozioma Onuzulike, “Embroidered Royal Jumper for Peter Obi,” clay, ash glaze, recycled glass, engobe, copper wire
![an ochre and beige coiled sculpture](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-4.jpg)
Ferne Jacobs, “Origins,” coiled and twined waxed linen thread
![a vessel with a lid made of red, black, and beige stripes with black spines](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-5.jpg)
Jeremy Frey, “Symphony in Ash,” black ash, candy grass, artificial dye
![a towering ceramic sculpture with spikes](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-6.jpg)
Andrés Anza, “I solely know what I’ve seen,” ceramic
![a tessellated green paper sculpture that twists upward](https://www.thisiscolossal.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/loewe-7.jpg)
Luis Santos Montes, “Cristalización Orgánica Esmeralda,” paper, MTC, inks
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