RAF - Soft Scream (Handmade)

Handmade Rug - 90x60
Certificate of authenticity included

For each design only three pieces are made, but the handmade production guarantees that no specimen is perfectly identical to another: micro-variants in texture, relief, color tones, and craftsmanship make every piece unique.
Rug with an extra white border 4 cm for weaving on a wooden frame and to be framed.

RAF is often presented, in exhibition and sale contexts, as one of the best artists at an international level.

He is a contemporary artist who develops a dynamic and recognizable visual language, capable of spanning styles and historical references with a current, experimental approach.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, Pop Art, Street Art, and modernist abstraction, RAF reworks symbols and images through digital painting, collage, vector construction, and graphic manipulation.

A central element of his practice is the transition from digital to matter: the works are transformed into handmade rugs. After digital design, the drawing is transferred to canvas and worked by hand, giving life to unique pieces in which the image becomes a three-dimensional textile surface.

This transition from the screen’s luminous surface to the textile filament’s tridimensionality 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 context that deeply influences his visual sensibility. From a young age he developed a strong interest in drawing and imagery as a form of personal storytelling, starting to draw, paint, and gradually approach the world of digital graphics.
The shift to digital happened as a natural evolution of his research: attracted by the possibilities of manipulation and construction of the image.

- Pieces authenticated by certificate

- Frame to be made only after receiving the artwork, as the dimensions of some pieces may vary by 1-2 cm

- Color tones may vary from the original work due to screen settings and lighting conditions during the photoshoot.

SHIPPING INFORMATION
Combined shipping for this lot is not available, as each lot is packaged individually for logistical reasons and to allow opening a dispute against the courier in case of loss of a single piece. (Any request for additional insurance coverage for the shipment must be agreed before dispatch. The related costs will be borne by the buyer)