YOU might be taking some online classes here and there during this quarantine, but we’re pretty sure you haven’t attended one by Spanish luxury fashion house Loewe.
As large slices of the world population are urged to #stayhome, Loewe Creative Director Jonathan Anderson created the concept Loewe en Casa, turning a forcedly shared situation into an occasion of actual and factual enrichment. Loewe en Casa unfolds as a series of online events, talks, and workshops taking place through Instagram Live for everyone to enjoy in the domesticity of their own space. Paced in regular appointments throughout the week, it celebrates craft, innovation, and artistic expression exploring the words and the work of collaborators involved in the Loewe cultural projects and the finalists of the Loewe Craft Prize.
The range of subjects runs from metalwork, weaving, ikebana (Japanese art of flower arrangement), goldsmithing and ceramics to furniture-making, woodcraft, metalsmithing and textile making. The project merges the theoretical and practical in talks that include studio tours, craft demonstrations, and interactions with artists and designers. The ongoing list of involved personalities includes: Tokyo metalsmith Koichi Io; designer Sophie Rowley; ceramics artist Irina Razumovskaya; weaving artist Idoia Cuesta; artist and woodworker Julian Watts; metal artist Adi Toch, who’ll be showing the temporary make-shift studio she’s built in her home to allow her to keep working; furniture designers Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley in conversations about working and living together; Giovanni Corvaja holding a tour of his home laboratory-style studio where he combines ancient ideas of alchemy with cutting edge technology; Ikebana artist Watarai demonstrating the Japanese art form, working with flowers, twigs, branches and plants to create unique pieces. Adi Toch’s demonstration is scheduled next Sunday at 4 p.m. CET (10 p.m. in Manila).
In the Philippines, Loewe is exclusively distributed by Stores Specialists, Inc., and is located at Shangri-La Plaza Mall East Wing. Visit www.ssilife.com.ph or follow @ssilifeph on Instagram for more information.
