Lucía de Gustin at CONTEMPORANIA: High Craftsmanship & Bioceramics in Barcelona

"Batimetrías del oficio"

From October 2nd to 4th, the second edition of CONTEMPORANIA High Craftsmanship Barcelona took place at the iconic Palau de Pedralbes. An essential gathering for contemporary high craftsmanship that brought together over 150 international artisans, exploring the dialogue between innovation, materiality, and artistic vision across disciplines such as ceramics, jewelry, metal, textiles, glass, and wood.

Two of my art pieces were featured at the Fundesarte stand, curated by Adriana Campo from Labois agency, specialists in high craft.

Under the title "Bathymetries of the Craft", the exhibition proposed viewing high craftsmanship as a stratigraphic territory where each layer—technical, material, cultural, and ecological—speaks to a way of inhabiting the present, reflecting change and resilience. Through a selection of eleven creators from different regions and trades, this space represented a plural landscape where glass, ceramics, textiles, and wood engaged in a dialogue with the sea.

Selected Art Pieces:

Anca Ión

Beatriz Zuazo

Cécile Ribas y Alex Frosum

Cristina Velasco

Quim y Txell

Lucía de Gustín

Marta Armada

Regina Dejiménez

Rosa Nogués

Yumei (夢映) is the first of the selected works. It is part of the “New Identities” series—eight pieces that, like an endless thread, intertwine past and present, merging tradition with contemporaneity.

Yumei (夢映) stands as a piece of textile architecture that sacralizes the feminine. It reinterprets crochet not as domestic labor, but as a generative structure, connecting cultural heritage with contemporary aesthetics. Discover more about Yumei and the “New Identities” series.

Tundra, the second selected piece, stems from traditional techniques like crochet and artisanal molding combined with material exploration. It is an approach that unites tradition and innovation, paralleled by social and environmental responsibility.

In this piece, material research takes center stage through the use of eggshell bioceramics. Tundra materializes the concept of regenerative design: matter that nourishes the earth after its aesthetic cycle. [Link: Discover more about Tundra here.

It has been an honor to be part of this exhibition. I am deeply grateful to Fundesarte, Labois, and Contemporania for this opportunity. To my fellow artisans, thank you for the generosity, support, talent, and complicity shared during these days.

Thank you also to everyone who came to learn more about the process, inspiration, and materials that bring our pieces to life.

See you soon!

Sources & References:

Labois

Fundesarte

Contemporania