"Luvaton's work is rooted in a material-driven approach, meaning the leather tells her where to go as much as she tells it. She works exclusively with sustainable vegetable-tanned leather, shaped by hand using wet-forming techniques and custom molds."
"TRACE began with observational drawings of the human body. Fluid, organic shapes. Lines extracted from those drawings were then translated into three-dimensional form, the leather holding onto the gesture of the body the way a cast holds the memory of what shaped it."
"Leather, as a material, carries its own contradictions. It's strong but supple, ancient but endlessly contemporary. Luvaton leans into all of it, refusing to let the material play just one role."
"TRACE reads as sculpture, as vessel, as portrait. There's no single correct way to categorize it, and that's not a flaw. That's the work."
Talia Luvaton, a Tel Aviv-based designer, creates leather pieces that resemble human forms, emphasizing a material-driven approach. She uses sustainable vegetable-tanned leather shaped by hand through wet-forming techniques. Her latest project, TRACE, debuts at Milan Design Week 2026, featuring organic shapes derived from human body drawings. The pieces balance tension and softness, embodying leather's contradictions. Luvaton's work transcends traditional categorization, presenting leather as sculpture, vessel, and portrait, reflecting a deeply personal artistic expression.
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