Banana fibre, synthetic rope, tule, rattan and natural DYE wool.
2025
A series of daily material explorations created during an Artistic Residency in Antigua, Guatemala. Each piece reflects a response to the local landscape, colours, and Mayan heritage.
(More..)
Rattan, raffia, wool, esparto grass,
and synthetic rope.
2025
A series of tactile sculptural objects inspired by landscape, memory, and material. Through texture, weight, and subtle color, each piece translates a sense of place into form, inviting closeness and quiet attention. Rooted in craft and natural processes, the works hold atmosphere rather than function—revealing how land, time, and making leave their trace in matter.
(More..)
THE VESSEL “Foam Memory”
Stoneware, mineral glazes, oxides
Dimensions: 10x13x20cm
Kurinuki technique
2025 - 2026
This vessel reflects the surface textures formed where sea foam meets stone along the Mediterranean coast. Its porous cavities and softened edges echo the slow erosive action of saltwater against volcanic rock. By translating these natural processes into ceramic form, the work emphasizes the quiet, persistent shaping of material over time.
(More..)
THE LAMP “Cliff of Light”
Stoneware, carved ceramic base, mineral glazes, oxides, corn-leaf lampshade with integrated lighting
Dimensions: 14x14x40cm
Slabs technique
2025 - 2026
This piece draws from the eroded cavities characteristic of the cliffs in Cabo de Gata, where wind, salt, and waves gradually hollow the rock. The carved ceramic base echoes these geological formations through its textured, irregular surfaces.
Light originates in the lampshade and is diffused through layers of dried corn leaves, chosen for their natural translucency and visible fibre structure. When illuminated, the veins of the leaves resemble subtle sediment lines, offering an organic counterpoint to the ceramic base and underscoring the relationship between geological erosion and natural growth.
(More..)
THE SLABS WALL “Layers of Time”
Stoneware slabs, layered slips and glazes, oxides, wall-mounted installation
Dimensions: 33x19 cm and 34x20 cm
Slabs technique + impressions
2025 - 2026
This installation consists of ceramic slabs arranged in a geological cross-section, aligned horizontally, creating two wall ceramic tapestries.
Each piece captures a different aspect of coastal erosion: softened contours, worn cavities, and subtle variations in surface texture. Together, the slabs evoke the gradual accumulation and transformation of sediments along the Mediterranean shoreline, presenting erosion as a layered record of passing time.
(More..)
Volcanoes
Rattan
2025
A series of five sculptural rattan forms created during an artistic residency in Antigua, Guatemala. Suspended between strength and fragility, the works echo volcanic landscapes—hollow, circular, and quietly charged with tension.
(More..)
Allegra Collection
Two ceramic & rattan pieces
2022
Allegra is a sculptural celebration of feminine strength, rhythm, and movement. Inspired by the expressive motion of flamenco skirts, the pieces unfold through curved ceramic bodies and woven rattan forms that appear to sway, expand, and breathe, capturing gesture in stillness.
(More..)
My practice brings together contemporary art, traditional craft, and design, shaped by over fifteen years working in advertising and branding in Madrid and London, alongside a lifelong commitment to making by hand.
My work explores memory, materiality, and connection, responding to place not only as geography but as lived, embodied experience.
I create sculptural, installation, and participatory works that translate sensations of place into form through shape, texture, colour, and scale. Working with natural fibres such as rattan, raffia, wool, and esparto grass alongside synthetic ropes, clay, plaster, and industrial materials, I focus on the dialogue between organic and engineered matter. Through contrast and layering, materials become carriers of emotion, memory, and human presence.
Rooted in childhood making and reactivated through formal study and travel, my practice has been shaped by engagements with craft traditions across Asia, including basket weaving in Cambodia, Malaysia and Laos, block printing in India, and ceramics in Japan; as well as a recent artistic residency in Guatemala. By blending inherited techniques with contemporary processes, I create tactile works that invite closeness and participation, positioning material transformation as a space for connection, care, and shared experience.
Workshops
Available
Hackney Wick, London
28.02.26 | 14.03.26 | 04.04.26 | 25.04.26
14.00 (4h)
More Info +
Contemporary Fibre Sculptures Workshop
Hackney Wick, London
27.02.26 - 17.30 (2h 30m)
More Info +
& International
Programs
Antigua, Guatemala
June - August 2025
VAWAA
Penang, Malaysia
October 2022
Leather Goods Apprenticeship
Bangkok, Thailand
September - December 2017
London Craft Week
2025
West Dean College, Sussex, UK
2024 - Currently
Art Direction for Fashion
Central Saint Martins
2019
BA Advertising and PR
San Pablo CEU University, Madrid, Spain
2002-2007
Bento Class, London
2025 - Currently
Private Workshops at
David Collins Studio, London
2024
Mix Media, Leather & Rattan Workshops
We Can Doo, London
2024 - 2025
Collabs &
Enquiries
Loose threads, half-formed ideas, or proper plans welcome.
Let’s talk → evela.rey@gmail.com
London, United Kingdom
Banana fibre, synthetic rope, tule, rattan and natural DYE wool.
2025
A series of daily material explorations created during an Artistic Residency in Antigua, Guatemala. Each piece reflects a response to the local landscape, colours, and Mayan heritage.
(More..)
Rattan, raffia, wool, esparto grass,
and synthetic rope.
2025
A series of tactile sculptural objects inspired by landscape, memory, and material. Through texture, weight, and subtle color, each piece translates a sense of place into form, inviting closeness and quiet attention. Rooted in craft and natural processes, the works hold atmosphere rather than function—revealing how land, time, and making leave their trace in matter.
(More..)
THE VESSEL “Foam Memory”
Stoneware, mineral glazes, oxides
Dimensions: 10x13x20cm
Kurinuki technique
2025 - 2026
This vessel reflects the surface textures formed where sea foam meets stone along the Mediterranean coast. Its porous cavities and softened edges echo the slow erosive action of saltwater against volcanic rock. By translating these natural processes into ceramic form, the work emphasizes the quiet, persistent shaping of material over time.
(More..)
THE LAMP “Cliff of Light”
Stoneware, carved ceramic base, mineral glazes, oxides, corn-leaf lampshade with integrated lighting
Dimensions: 14x14x40cm
Slabs technique
2025 - 2026
This piece draws from the eroded cavities characteristic of the cliffs in Cabo de Gata, where wind, salt, and waves gradually hollow the rock. The carved ceramic base echoes these geological formations through its textured, irregular surfaces.
Light originates in the lampshade and is diffused through layers of dried corn leaves, chosen for their natural translucency and visible fibre structure. When illuminated, the veins of the leaves resemble subtle sediment lines, offering an organic counterpoint to the ceramic base and underscoring the relationship between geological erosion and natural growth.
(More..)
THE SLABS WALL “Layers of Time”
Stoneware slabs, layered slips and glazes, oxides, wall-mounted installation
Dimensions: 33x19 cm and 34x20 cm
Slabs technique + impressions
2025 - 2026
This installation consists of ceramic slabs arranged in a geological cross-section, aligned horizontally, creating two wall ceramic tapestries.
Each piece captures a different aspect of coastal erosion: softened contours, worn cavities, and subtle variations in surface texture. Together, the slabs evoke the gradual accumulation and transformation of sediments along the Mediterranean shoreline, presenting erosion as a layered record of passing time.
(More..)
Volcanoes
Rattan
2025
A series of five sculptural rattan forms created during an artistic residency in Antigua, Guatemala. Suspended between strength and fragility, the works echo volcanic landscapes—hollow, circular, and quietly charged with tension.
(More..)
Allegra Collection
Two ceramic & rattan pieces
2022
Allegra is a sculptural celebration of feminine strength, rhythm, and movement. Inspired by the expressive motion of flamenco skirts, the pieces unfold through curved ceramic bodies and woven rattan forms that appear to sway, expand, and breathe, capturing gesture in stillness.
(More..)