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FELT
CONTEMPORARY HANDCRAFTS
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ROMERO & VALLEJO
TRAMAS
GAN 2026 NEWS
THE TRAMAS COLLECTION IS A DESIGN BY THE ARCHITECTURE STUDIO ROMERO & VALLEJO THAT EXPLORES
THE AESTHETIC AND MANUAL CRAFTING POSSIBILITIES WHEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF MATERIALS ARE MIXED IN
THE SAME PIECE, GENERATING A COMPOSITION WITH A VERY GRAPHIC CHARACTER. THE METICULOUSNESS
REQUIRED FOR ITS EXECUTION MEANS THAT THEY CAN ONLY BE MADE ON HAND-OPERATED LOOMS.
"THIS COLLECTION INNOVATIVELY MERGES WARP AND WEFT USING
FELT AND DIFFERENT WOOLS. FELT, A KEY MATERIAL IN THIS DESIGN,
IS OBTAINED THROUGH A PROCESS OF AGGLUTINATING WOOL FIBRES
WHICH, THROUGH HEAT, HUMIDITY AND PRESSURE, INTERWEAVE AND
COMPACT TO FORM A DENSE AND SOFT-TO-THE-TOUCH SURFACE. THIS
MATERIAL NOT ONLY PROVIDES A FEELING OF WARMTH AND COMFORT,
BUT ALSO INTRODUCES A LAYER OF VISUAL DEPTH TO THE TRAMAS
RUGS, WHICH, IN COMBINATION WITH WOOL, GENERATES TACTILE AND
AESTHETIC CONTRASTS THAT ENRICH THE TEXTURE AND PERCEPTION
OF THE PIECE." ROMERO & VALLEJO
FELT IS A FETISH MATERIAL FOR ROMERO & VALLEJO, WITH WHICH THEY HAVE ALREADY CREATED OTHER
DESIGNS FOR GAN, SUCH AS THE RUFF POUF.
IN THIS COLLECTION, IT IS AS IF, DURING THE CONCEPTION OF ITS DESIGN, THE FRAMEWORK HAD BEEN DE-
CONSTRUCTED TO GENERATE A NEW TYPE OF WEAVE, WITH A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS, OTHER
MATERIALS, AND A NOVEL AESTHETIC. "THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE OF TRAMAS HAS BEEN TO WORK IN DIFFE-
RENT DIMENSIONS, WHERE THE COMBINATION OF MATERIALS, COLORS, AND TEXTURES REQUIRES METICULOUS
ATTENTION TO DETAIL. CREATING PIECES THAT, ALTHOUGH FLAT, CONVEYED A RICH AND COMPLEX SENSORY
EXPERIENCE WAS THE CHALLENGE THAT DROVE US TO EXPLORE NEW FORMS OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE
ELEMENTS," THE ARCHITECTS POINT OUT.
AT THE SAME TIME, THIS ENTIRE PROCESS HAS TRANSLATED INTO AN APPARENTLY VERY SIMPLE DESIGN IN
THE FORM OF A GRAPHIC WEAVE THAT, AS IN PAINTING OR GRAPHIC DESIGN, GENERATES AN EFFECT OF DEP-
TH AND THREE DIMENSIONS VISUALLY AND, IN THIS CASE, ALSO SPATIALLY AS IT IS A RUG. "THE DIFFICULTY HAS
RESIDED IN ENSURING THAT EACH MATERIAL AND EACH TONE COMPLEMENTED EACH OTHER HARMONIOUSLY,
WITHOUT LOSING THE DEPTH OR INTENSITY THAT CHARACTERIZE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PIECE. HOWEVER,
THIS CHALLENGE HAS ALSO BEEN WHAT HAS ENRICHED THE COLLECTION, LEADING US TO A PLACE WHERE
ABSTRACTION BECOMES A TANGIBLE AND MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE," SAY ROMERO & VALLEJO.
