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Winner of the LOEWE Foundation Craft Prize 2022, Dahye Jeong was selected for her mastery and timeless approach to weaving with horsehair, a 500-year-old Korean Joseon dynasty technique originally used in Sabanggwan hat-making. Jeong’s winning work, A Time of Sincerity (2021), a 30cm-high basket woven entirely from horsehair, was praised by the jury for reviving this age-old tradition, previously thought to be a lost skill in Korea. According to Jeong, during Korea's Joseon Dynasty (14th to the early 20th century) horsehair was used for making men's headwear. Her work demonstrates the artist’s meticulous approach to her material, horsehair, drawing on its qualities–delicate yet strong. Easily mis-identified as wire or glass, horsehair is, as Jeong has shone a light on the possibilities a material that should be celebrated. The freestanding vessels she creates appear translucent and fragile, yet are surprisingly sturdy. The strands of horsehair are intricately woven in gmetric patterns that pay homage to the now rare Sabanggwan tradition.
The prize was launched in 2016 by Loewe creative director, Jonathan Anderson, to celebrate innovation in crafts, spanning ceramics, jewellery, textiles, woodwork, glass, metalwork, furniture, papercraft and lacquer. Administered by the Foundation, it is meant as a tribute to the fashion brand’s beginnings in 1846, as a collective craft workshop. The prize seeks to recognise uniquely talented artisans whose artistic vision and innovation endeavours to set new standards for the future of craft. The sixth edition of the LOEWE FOUNDATION Craft Prize is currently underway with entries open until 25 October 2022. The Prize for the winning entry is 50,000 euros. The shortlisted and winning works will feature in the exhibition and accompanying catalogue in New York in Spring 2023. If you think your craft has the potential to contribute to the development of the materials, techniques and skills of our craft futures, apply at www.loewe.com
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