Do you love arts and crafts as much as we do? Did you know that the Loewe Foundation is responsible for organizing the Loewe Craft Prize, an amazing award which seeks to celebrate and support international artisans of any age (over 18) or gender who demonstrate an extraordinary talent and ability to create pieces of outstanding aesthetic value?

The works of those artisans must reinterpret traditional knowledge to make it relevant today while reflecting its maker’s personal way of expression and unique touch. The Foundation’s mission is to bring to the light the value of craftsmanship to the culture of our time.

All the entries for this prize are in the field of applied arts, such as ceramics, bookbinding, enamelwork, jewellery, lacquer, metal, furniture, leather, textiles, glass, paper, wood, among others. The art pieces must be original, unique, handmade or partly handmade and must have been created in the last five years without winning any prize previously.

From 20 June 2018 to 31 October 2018 submissions were open and on 6 February 2019 the finalists were announced. Which one of these 29 fascinating artworks will be the winner? We can’t wait to discover it on 25 June 2019 and to admire the exhibition of the finalists in Japan from 26 June 2019 to 22 July 2019!

According to Loewe Foundation, Loewe Craft Prize’s finalists “were recognized for their fundamentally important contributions to the development of contemporary craft, with the submitted works presenting a diverse spectrum of techniques, media and modes of expression”.

In this year’s edition a panel of nine experts chose the finalists of Loewe Craft Prize from over 2.500 submissions by artisans from 100 different countries. The experts’ panel had an assembly in Madrid for two days where they judged and chose the most breathtaking masterpieces, technically hard to accomplish, innovative and creative.

The executive secretary of the experts panel confirmed: “The Loewe Foundation Craft Prize sets the level of skills, will and artistic ambition for which craft should strive”.

The 29 finalists’ works will be showcased from 26 June to 22 July 2019 at Isamu Noguch‘s indoor stone garden “Heaven” at the Sogetsu Kaikan in Tokyo, where the winner will be revealed. We will all be waiting enthusiastically for the result of this year’s edition of Loewe Craft Prize.

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