There is poetry in the ordinary. The objects that surround us—those we hold, wear, use, collect, overlook, or encounter without a second thought—quietly shape our everyday lives. A chair, a vessel, a piece of jewellery, a domestic object, or a familiar form can carry memories, associations, emotions, and stories far beyond its practical purpose. In the hands of an artist, the ordinary can become a source of curiosity, reflection, and transformation. Volume 117, brings togethe

Infused with warmth, humor, and an energetic line, these paintings on canvas and mixed media works on paper invite the viewer to contemplate the moment. Jan Wurm’s work is in collections including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, New York Public Library Print Collection, Monterey Museum of Art, San Diego Museum of Art, Archiv Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen, Berlin, Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna, and Tiroler Landesmuseen

Ying Xing is an artist living in London. She studied Textile Design at Chelsea College of Arts and has worked across the arts and textile design. Colour is the centre of her practice. She is interested in how colours behave when she places and layers them against one another, and she treats colour and form as things that each carry a character of their own. What began as a study of colour has become a way of thinking about relationships. She looks at how one colour shifts bes

‘’Since I restarted photography in 2024, my photos have been exhibited in different places in Belgium. Various additional exhibitions are being organised. My photos have received various prizes at different competitions, been selected by editors, and have been selected for an international photo exhibition in Italy. My article “Louvre in a different light” has been published in a magazine. I am a member of two international photo clubs, for one of which I am serving as an ele

Simone Frabboni blends worlds: echoes of Renaissance and Gothic art, inspirations from street culture, and indigenous peoples’ visions. Native ornamental cultures first drew him to jewelry, handcrafted knives, and other unique pieces. His conviction is simple: every everyday object carries an inner value. Every day can be art, something mass production has forgotten, but urban subcultures – like skateboarding – still know and communicate. In his research, he looks for an inst

Joseph Pine is an artist, object-maker, and educator living in the Hudson Valley, Upstate New York. He received his MFA in Metals + Jewelry from the University of Wisconsin Madison and his BFA in Metal from State University of New York at New Paltz. His work investigates the interplay of process, surface, texture, and patina, utilizing traditional metalsmithing techniques, sculpture, and drawing. His creations draw inspiration from both natural and organic forms, as well as t

Leki is a London-based South Korean artist studying for a BA in Ceramics Design at Central Saint Martins. He works across clay, painting, and metal, making provocative images that create open dialogue. Moving between cultures as a child left him with a real openness to difference, but also a weariness toward collective memories and histories. This experience shapes and pushes him to question populism. He doesn't see the world solely through power dynamics; instead, he believe

Theo Crombach is a Düsseldorf-based designer working at the intersection of jewellery and objects. He is studying New Craft Object Design at Hochschule Düsseldorf, having previously begun a degree in mechanical engineering - a detour that made clear how much he missed hands-on making within all the theory. Today, he approaches craft largely as a self-taught practitioner. Crombach works across materials, using metal in both fine and raw forms alongside 3D-printed plastic. His a

Am I man enough? My practice is concept and material-focused; I am using archetypal imagery of objects and constructs of gender prejudice. I was born in Poland; however, I did not really grow up there. My life of becoming a man has been a constant repetition of moving from one country to a new country, growing up in different surroundings, and with different people. In 2022, I attended a Bachelor of Fine Arts at Alchimia, Contemporary Jewellery School in Florence, Italy. Foll

After graduating high school, Cristina Bruno first studied Digital Fabrication Design in Essen (Germany), during which her main interest was the combination of product, electronics, and modern fabrication methods. Afterwards, she continued her studies in Düsseldorf with a master's in New Craft Object Design, where she shifted her focus towards jewelry. During her studies, she had the opportunity to participate in jewellery exhibitions, e.g., in the Pop-Up event "tagD" in the

Mara Arts is a Dutch artist and material-driven designer, educated in Engineering: Product Design in Amsterdam. Her graduation project focused on material research, developing acoustic objects from natural and recycled resources. Over the past decade, she has worked across art, design, and circular material innovation, specializing in textile and plastic waste streams. This experience continues to shape her artistic practice, where reclaimed, natural, and biobased materials a

Monica Ragno is an Italian architect and artist practicing professionally in Genoa. Parallelly, their research focuses on what discarded materials can still offer, attentively listening to the material elements. Whether dealing with forgotten fragments, industrial waste, or construction components, the artist redeems these forms to explore their latent potential. Their work distances itself from the superficial condemnation of waste, recognizing within common elements a possi

Kate Vagurina is a London-based artist working at the intersection of industrial design and contemporary art. She has over a decade of professional experience in product development. She holds an advanced degree in furniture design from the Stieglitz Academy. Her design philosophy is rooted in functional minimalism, visual clarity, and the structural exploration of diverse materials. Alongside her commercial practice, Vagurina explores critical design, using everyday domestic

Youjin Um is a metal craft designer drawn to the natural properties of cold metal materials, particularly the clear and translucent qualities of silver. The creative process begins with preliminary drawings, followed by paper modeling to visualize form and understand the intended physical presence. The drawings are then transferred onto silver plates, where carefully placed marks guide the development of each piece. Through the gradual process of piercing, shaping, and expres

Silence is rarely empty. It gathers in the spaces between words, settles into rooms where something remains unspoken, lingers in the body after an experience that cannot be named, and lives within histories deliberately forgotten. Silence can be chosen, protective, intimate. But it can also be imposed—by fear, censorship, violence, exclusion, shame, power, or the quiet mechanisms of social expectation. Art has always occupied a complicated relationship with silence. It can sp

AYA-AI is an independent AI visual artist and creative director based in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She creates generative photography and moving images using artificial intelligence as her primary artistic medium, directing each work through original concepts, visual research, prompting, image selection, and cinematic art direction. Her practice explores contemporary Kazakh identity, women's experience, memory, and the emotional weight carried inside family and tradition. Rather th

Ruiqi Zhang is an independent visual artist working primarily across fine art photography and experimental moving image. Her artistic practice investigates the intersection of bodily limitation, identity politics, and psychological taboos. Approaching the medium from a deeply personal perspective, she utilizes domestic spaces, everyday objects, and mythological archetypes to critique societal constraints and explore the subtleties of human consciousness. Unbound by commercial

Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Valerie Simmons grew up balancing competitive sports with art and dance classes—an early blend of discipline and creative expression that continues to shape her work. Simmons studied Fine Art and Photography in college, where she developed a strong technical foundation and a deep appreciation for visual storytelling. After graduating, she built a commercial photography career working with international clients across multiple industries. T