mohaded and lena's RAZA collection explores rupture+opposition

ceramic artist santiago lena and designer cristián mohaded introduce their first collaborative work, the RAZA collection, in which they craftily combine both disciplines. for this project, each bring from their own perspective a material game of opposition, rupture and difference that intersect at some point. 

detail showing the explosion of the stoneware, where filaments seem to be violently emerging 

exploring the concepts of dynamism and scenographic composition in the RAZA collection, mohaded and lena  have created an intriguing set of cylindrical containers, lacking transcendent forms, with various heights and diameters. they are rich in material content and elaborated with different compositions of stoneware, colors and textures. but one oddly playful feature of the collection is the exploding effect of the stoneware — illustrated by a group of filaments that sprout out of the containers. hence, the spatial and morphological design of the pieces reveal the encounter of different things, the evidence of the strange and the ritual of what sprouts. 

couple in black, showing the encounter of both dynamic sides 

a set of twin containers, colored white

detail of the filaments sprouting out of the stoneware

smaller versions of the containers were also crafted, in black 

the RAZA collection presents a striking contrast of materials, colors and textures 

trio set of dark blue containers 

little pot showing how different scales offer different intensities of  the rupture effect 

designboom has received this project from our ‘DIY submissions‘ feature, where we welcome our readers to submit their own work for publication. see more project submissions from our readers here.

edited by: lea zeitoun | designboom