Conceived as a rotating exhibition, CRAFT LAB by Interihotel 2025 connects architects and designers with craft creators, exploring how their works can be integrated into hotel & restaurant interiors. The first edition, Towards a New Space Articulation, curated by Tachy Mora, highlights how crafts can transform spaces and foster a deeper connection with local culture.

The exhibition Towards a New Space Articulation addresses the ability to transform spaces of a specific type of contemporary crafts, through a selection of creative people with different backgrounds whose works do not focus on the individuality of their pieces, rather seeking to connect with the surroundings. 

In the field of contemporary creation, while some artisans are moving towards a more artistic, experimental and creative approach, at the same time, an increasing group of artists and designers are working with processes and materials from the crafts sphere, either developing their own skills or in collaboration with artisans. 

This hybridization between crafts, art and design has expanded the nature of their creations beyond a utilitarian or decorative dimension unto a much more experimental and complex ways of expression with an intended spatial connection, whether through installations, large-format pieces or unique compositions. 

• AZULEJAZOS: DelAmorYlaBelleza (Carlos Jiménez Cenamor) - Experimental ceramist 
  
  Wall ceramic artwork and bench made of white earthenware tiles with a collage of blue, black, red and green clays. Stainless steel frame and chestnut wood structure.
  The Azulejazos series was born from the ceramist purpose to move away from the classic approaches to composition, form and figure, boosting the importance of random and spontaneous actions, improvisation, enjoyment and chaos. The outcome is a mix between the semblance to the metamorphic rocks of Cabo de Gata (Almería, Spain) and the view of a drop of water through a microscope, creating a landscape of graphic surprises and constant stimuli, entirely random. 
  
  



• MARE & TUNA EX MACHINA: Sagarminaga Atelier - Creation studio & workshop specialising in natural fibers 
  
  Pez cinético y familia de piezas de mobiliario elaborados con Kinetic fish and furniture pieces made of dyed natural fibers, metal and wood.
  Sagarminaga Atelier is a creation studio and a contemporary crafts workshop specialising in applied sculpture, immersive installations and signature furniture made of natural fibers. They collaborate often with interior designers, brands and hotels around the world, exploring the intersection between technical, material and narrative features. Mare & Tuna Ex Machina pieces embrace a material language based on contrast: organic versus industrial, warmth versus cold, functional form versus iconic. 

• FRAFRA: Álvaro Catalán de Ocón - Designer who manufactures in collaboration with artisans from around the world 
  
  Large tapestry made of natural and black dyed elephant grass by Bolgatanga weavers, who specialise in basketry techniques.
  The Frafra tapestry collection draws inspiration from the traditional housing architecture of the Gurunsi in northern Ghana; Dwellings built from adobe and wood that houses a family unit, shaping circular structures that expand organically as the family grows. Álvaro Catalán de Ocón designed this tapestry from a synthesis of their layouts. Interiors spaces or courtyards are weaved in natural fibers, while dark ones define walls and doors. Álvaro Catalán de Ocón was recognized with the Spain National Design Award in 2023. 

• PIEL DE MOURO: Raúl Mouro - Experimental ceramist 
  
  Ceramic collection made of stoneware mixed with local stone and clay from the Sillaso area in Asturias, Spain. 
  These pieces come from an experimental exploration by the ceramist, and they are the mastery outcome of what it was supposed, until then, to be an impossible mix of materials for the potter’s wheel. Modeled with gloves due to its hardness, the pieces are hand-finished through a process that makes them gradually lose matter to gain in texture and thinness (hence their name, as piel means skin). Their organic, geometric shapes avoid the traditional black pottery ones from Llamas del Mouro area, where Raúl Mouro learnt his craft. For this collection, he was recognized in 2024 with the Spain National Crafts Award in the Product category. 



• ARMONÍA: Natalia Gaminde - Lighting sculptures made of natural fibers. Amedialuz co-founder together with Héctor Herrera 
  
  Chandelier made with handcrafted shades using leaves and natural fibers. Rust-treated iron frame. LED lighting. Natalia Gaminde fuses artisanal tradition with a contemporary language inspired by the organic shapes and rhythms of nature. Her pieces go beyond the function of a lighting object to become a sensorial experience, creating environments with a strong bionic feeling that appear to be alive. With her sculptures, Natalia Gaminde develops atmospheres with a light that provides a space with textures, volumes, and shadows, seeking to evoke calm, beauty and a deep connection with nature. Her pieces are often included by interior designers in hotels, restaurants and homes around the world. 

• UN LUGAR DONDE PARAR: Regina Dejiménez - Textile sculpture artist 
  
  Sensory handcrafted architecture made of Spanish wool from Wooldreamers and cotton. Iron structure. LED lighting.
  Regina Dejiménez is particularly interested in how matter is in constant change, flowing between its different states: solid, liquid, and gas. She expresses this interest in her work through a multi-textured textile sculptures with strong organic forms, created for installations and interior design projects. Un lugar donde parar (A Place to Stop) depicts a cross between a centennial tree and an architectural totem, offering an oneiric atmosphere as a place to rest. Its textures, handcrafted using haute couture techniques, are enhanced by the light, inviting for a closer look. 

• PANTA REI – TODO FLUYE: ELIURPI (Elisabet Urpí Ràfols & Nacho Umpiérrez Fripp) - Artists who work with textile fibers in a sculptural manner 
  
  A set of lighting textile sculptures, hanging and standing, handmade of natural raffia. Iron frame. LED lighting. The shapes of these lighting textile sculptures are inspired by the seaweed from the Mediterranean Sea, created by observing the constant flux of nature in the water. Panta Rei (Everything Flows) is an installation that alludes to life continuous movement, conveying that the essence of order is constant change. ELIURPI first sketch their designs on paper, but each piece gets the final shape as they cut it and sew it by hand. They always use natural materials and dyes, crafting each piece as an art sculpture with a lighting function. 

Visit information

HOURS & DAYS

21 to 23 October 2025, 10:00 - 19:00

LOCATION

Plaza L location S13 - Fira de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

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