These colorful vases truly caught our attention! So much so, that we needed to take a closer look and couldn’t believe our ears when we discovered the material they’re made of.

The artisan and artist Luisa Maisel let us know that these vases are made of thousands of tiny porcelain balls, which are individually rolled, colored and then put together into the desired shape. The “Bubblegum collection” is truly a visual pleasure to the point that we had to stop ourselves from taking a bite out of them!

“La Ceba som tots” (“Onion we all are”) is one of the textile projects by Josep Safont, winner of the Rising Talents Craft Awards 2023.
Only by getting closer to this craft piece you begin to understand that it’s not made of ordinary textile scraps, but with onion peels!
Josep took a bunch of onion skins, heat treated them and then sewed them together creating an unconventional bio-textile.

The aim of Josep is to challenge the ideas we have surrounding “waste”, making us question, why can’t rubbish have a second life and elevate its status from discarded to re-valued? Making us see that in the end, it all depends on time & dedication we put into to experimenting with new materials and the techniques we use to transform it!

In the picture shown, a detail shot of the pieces he created and showcased at M&O.

This was for sure one of the most photographed hubs in Hall 5 (our beloved craft sector)! The bright floating jellyfish hung over our heads and made eyes turn up to the sky.