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LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize 2025

Award  /  29 May 2025
 
Published: 29.05.2025
Ring: Pukana by Karl Fritsch.Silver, gold and synthetic gemstones. 2020.Various dimensionsUnique piece.This set of five contemporary rings, crafted in silver and gold, demonstrates an innovative technique that upends the traditional method for setting stones in jewellery. The shape of the rings is modelled using wax which is punctuated with gemstones. After the casting process, these synthetic gemstones, including laboratory-created imitation sapphires and rubies, are reinserted into the holes and fixed in place. The bands feature unexpected spontaneous forms, and in many of the rings the gemstones protrude, moving through, rather than sitting on top of, the rings.. Karl Fritsch
Ring: Pukana, 2020
Silver, gold and synthetic gemstones
Various dimensions
This set of five contemporary rings, crafted in silver and gold, demonstrates an innovative technique that upends the traditional method for setting stones in jewellery. The shape of the rings is modelled using wax which is punctuated with gemstones. After the casting process, these synthetic gemstones, including laboratory-created imitation sapphires and rubies, are reinserted into the holes and fixed in place. The bands feature unexpected spontaneous forms, and in many of the rings the gemstones protrude, moving through, rather than sitting on top of, the rings.
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The LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize was launched in 2016 to showcase excellence, artistic merit and newness in modern craftsmanship. It seeks to acknowledge and support international artists who demonstrate an exceptional ability to create objects of superior aesthetic value, with the winner receiving 50,000 euros and two special mentions receiving 5,000 euros each.

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