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Whoever enters the home of a poet / Does not know that the furniture has power over him / That each knot of wood holds / More birdcalls than all the woodland heart /And that it is enough that a lamp curves its womanly neck / Against a polished corner as evening falls / To suddenly let loose a thousand cities of bees / And the smell of fresh bread from the cherry trees in flower / Because such is the happiness of this solitude / That one tender brush of the hand brings back / To these great dark taciturn chairs and tables / The lightness of a tree in the morning.
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Its name refers to the Latin numen, the protective deity of humans and places from the animist tradition, and a term also used to express the idea of the ma-gical power that resides in an object, en-dowed by nature. This project arose out of a desire to produce functional metal objects with a soul, as can only be done in the artisan tradition.
Eibar, Gipuzkoa. This town set in the bottom of a valley has a treasure: its metal workshops. If in ancient times it produced the best shotguns - and it still does - later they put that ingenuity to use by manufacturing bicycles that are famous all over Europe, as well as best-selling sewing machines. They also went into fields such as nanotechnology and producing metal work for internationally renowned artists. The latest adventure in the forges here is Númena.
In Númena, Hephaestus is venerated as the main god, and all metals are worthy of devotion. Classic bronze is worked alongside steel, aluminium or brass. When necessary, other materials such as stone, glass and leather are added, as well as different finishes - milling, acid etching, etc. - and patinas and polishing with both traditional and experimental treatments, based on profound metallurgical know-how.
Númena is also an alchemy that brings together apparent contrasts: art and craft, ornament and minimalism, market and poetry, physicality and lightness, dream and presence, well-being and mental challenge.
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is a sculptor living and working in Houston. Her sculptures, primarily in metal, are rooted in her longstanding fascination with the natural world and inclination toward whimsy and play. Taylor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College (1997) and an MFA from the University of Melbourne in Australia (2005). Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at Skoto Gallery, the National Arts Club, and the Hood Museum of Art. She is in several public and private collections in the US and abroad.
He has combined his work as a designer and artistic director of Atelier laia - a factory of perplexities - with his work as an artist and his teaching at the Pamplona and San Sebastian architects' colleges and at the Bilbao Fine Arts Faculty. In 2008 he received the Sphere Award from the Art Director Club NY. Some of his most important works have been acquired by the Disseny museum - Barcelona.
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