RAF - Soft Perla (Handmade)

DIRECT SALE €1200

Hand-tufted rug - 80x50 - 1/3

Manual craftsmanship guarantees that no specimen is perfectly identical to another: micro-variations in texture, relief, and finish make each piece unique.
Rug with a 4 cm extra white border for mounting on a wooden frame and for framing.

RAF is often presented, in exhibition and sales contexts, as one of the world's top artists.

He is a contemporary artist who develops a dynamic and recognizable visual language, able to traverse styles and historical references with a current and experimental approach. His research blends classical figuration, urban culture, geometric abstraction, and contemporary graphic sensibility, creating works that oscillate between iconic and conceptual.

Inspired by the Renaissance, by Pop Art, by Street Art and by modernist abstraction, RAF reworks symbols and images through digital painting, collage, vector construction, and graphic manipulation.

A central element of their practice is the passage from digital to material: the works are transformed into handmade carpets. After the digital design, the drawing is transferred onto canvas and worked by hand, giving rise to unique pieces in which the image becomes a three-dimensional textile surface.

This transition from the screen’s luminous surface to the three-dimensionality of the yarn creates a material short circuit: the digital image becomes a physical, tactile, sculptural object. The rug is not a simple reproduction, but a textile reinterpretation of the original work.

2021 – Synthetic Identities, Spazio Prisma, Milan
2022 – Urban Icons Reframed, Atelier Nord, Brussels
2023 – Geometric Narratives, The Format Room, Amsterdam
2024 – Material Pixels, Galerie Horizon, Zurich
2024 – Surface & Code, District Art Platform, Madrid
2025 – From Screen to Fiber, Contemporary Craft Pavilion, Copenhagen

RAF was born in an urban setting that deeply influences his visual sensibility. From a young age he developed a strong interest in drawing and in imagery as a form of personal storytelling, starting to draw and gradually approaching the world of digital graphics.
The shift to digital takes place as a natural evolution of his research: drawn to the possibilities of manipulating and constructing the image.

- Parts authenticated by certificate

- Make the frame only after receiving the artwork, as the dimensions of some pieces may vary by 1 - 2 cm

The color tones may vary from the original artwork due to screen settings and lighting conditions during the photo shoot.

Shipping Information
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