Feel the Matter

Project explores the transformation of simple materials into valuable objects through creative and technical processes. Starting with scrap wood, we reveal its unique grain and texture through surface treatments. This texture surface is then transferred into aluminium (which is 100% recycled), an industrial material that serves as a vessel for the wood’s organic richness. This process of transmutation turns raw materials into unique pieces, challenging perceptions of their intrinsic value.

Crafting Plastics! is an award-winning Bratislava-based design and research practice working at the intersection of material innovation, ecology, and technology. Through in-depth research into bio-based and biodegradable material systems, the studio develops responsive materials and living environments that challenge extractive production models, proposing new relationships between humans, materials, and the ecosystems they inhabit