Brazilian artist and designer Breno Caetano, founder of Uta Studio in Brussels, moves fluidly between sculpture and design, tradition and movement. His background as a dancer shapes a tactile approach to wood, where each gesture becomes part of the form. Through techniques rooted in both Japanese and Amazonian craft, Breno explores repair, coexistence, and the quiet rhythm between the hand and the material.

At Claroscuro we begin our new section on contemporary design with the work of Patrick Carpentier, a Brussels-based artist whose practice moves between sculpture, photography, installation and curatorial projects. In his hands simple forms become carriers of meaning, shaped by tension, balance and material presence.