Ceramic craftsmanship
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about ceramic craftsmanship
Product • By Arrived Aliens • Onda Raku Sconce
Onda Raku Sconce
Onda is a small-run series of raku-fired ceramic wall sconces made in Miami. Each piece is fired, then reduction-finished while still hot, and the surface develops in real time. Some glazes open into crackle, others lean into oxidation and metallic bloom. The glaze sets the overall character, but the exact result never repeats. Every Onda carries its own finish, made as a one-off collectible piece. More
News • News • 22 Jul 2022
Shoe Quarter by CIVIC Architects brings the cultural history of shoemaking back to its roots
The new Shoe Quarter by CIVIC Architects brings a new and innovative knowledge centre for shoe design, fashion, and production back to the Dutch leather and shoe city of Waalwijk. Situated in a listed building complex originally designed by Alexander Kropholler in the 1930s, the partially renovated, transformed, and expanded building displays a collection of 12,000 shoes alongside exhibitions, a knowledge centre, library, workshop space, laboratories for design and prototyping, as well as a museum café.
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Initially becoming a hub of production through the industrial development of the local craft of shoe craftsmanship, Waalwijk has in recent times seen shoe production disappear as an industry. A key aim of the Shoe Quar... More