Handwrought Permanence: Familiar & Flawed
Unveiling craft as a form of connection at Industria
Familiar and flawed traits within each new Industria piece, have been slowly unveiled throughout our decades of practice. Endured in metal, they mark the continual process of discovery. We study, with each new idea, points of view that loosen our perceptions of beauty through friction; collaging the familiar and flawed into different environments, not for the sake of complexity, not to achieve static perfection, but to practice handwrought connection.
Through time and context, Industria arrived at chapters — shows, gallery openings — that presented as opportunities to reconnect and exhibit where we are now in the process. Within today’s digital context, the familiar and flawed aspects of being human become necessary highlights in craft — as marks of compassion, desire, connection. In metal’s permanence, our handwrought marks are unveiled in each Industria piece, to contribute to and endure the legacy of human, Filipino, craft.
The Ripple collection exclusively launched at the SM Mega Fashion Hall opens through a portal — an invitation to peer into a secret dreamscape. Industria’s signature metal hammering technique is reinterpreted in hammered Ripple — swirling in uncertainty and the allure of a free flowing escape. Featured at the entrance of the Industria showroom and throughout the new collection, the hammered Ripple is a handwrought undulating texture, serene and smooth in stainless steel. Weathered, with a bronze-like shine, we intended to capture the movement of a shimmering ocean current, defined by its shadows, vastness, and depth.
The Flock Lights is a sprawling lighting piece capturing a natural movement. It nurtures Industria’s roots in organic form, embracing more nondescript raw patterns — a design open to interpretation. Ribbons of steel twist and interlock to reimagine a flock in flight; its waves, its collective force. In a still space, Flock was designed as a quietly overlooking addition, dotted with droplights organically placed to mimic light peeking through the flock. There is a certain comfort in hiding away under presences and hidden realities much larger than us, which Flock intends to capture.
The Bamboosa is a midcentury inspired winged chair molded for reflection. Its arms are built from a patchwork of hammered polished stainless steel fragments like bamboo nodes, its seat is weathered to resemble an iron artifact, and upholstered to mold to the body at rest. Crafted for human hands to discover, it meditates on age and the natural nodes that make up our world. Polish and weathering, new and old converge in this piece and harmonize into an artifact that circles time and tells its own story — like adding fresh stems into an heirloom vase. It is transitional; contemporary in its functional treatment, and evocative at its heart.
The Figoo Tables are sculptural companions for spaces at play. An experiment in material manipulation, the trio of tables are characterized by two components: a hammered, patterned, and smooth finished stainless steel top, and rounded ashwood legs. Conventionally the more solid of the two components, metal now adds fluidity and softness, complemented by the groundedness of wood. Together, they are a study in contrasts that feels both experimental and familiar. In their collective presence, the Figoo Tables embody a serendipitous melding of two different characters — elegant and plush-like steel, and supportive ashwood trunks — inviting curiosity in everyday use.
The Russett Wall Light is a sculptural illumination inspired by the quiet transformation of nature. Its blooms, finished in bronze, copper, and pewter, echo the delicate process of withering and the graceful fade of color as seasons shift. Each hand-formed bloom is stainless steel ruffled like paper, and delicately layered and painted in the three metallic colors, to reflect light like the last glint of autumn sun on aging leaves. On blank walls, in waiting rooms, in lounges, and if pause permits an observer in solitude — the Russett serves as a reflection on impermanence in nature, it is a celebration of beauty found in transition and time.
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