Braiding is not merely joining — it is the ritual of transforming emptiness into structure, the silence of the material into a tangible voice. Braiding is the geometry of touch, a dance where artisans dictate the rhythm and the material obeys, curving into an architecture of knots that defies fragility.
For Alcova Milano 2026, Marlot Baus presents TRENZAR — a collection of furniture, tableware, and objects united by the ancient act of braiding. Installed in the evocative rooms of Baggio Military Hospital, the pieces occupy a space where peeling plaster walls and patterned tile floors amplify the tension between the raw and the refined.
The collection includes a dining table with hand-carved oak legs, chairs with woven leather seats, ceramic vessels with braided iron handles, blown glass cups, carved wood egg cups, silver cutlery with twisted handles, a ceramic plate with braided edge, and a blown glass lamp on a ceramic base. Every piece bears the mark of the hand that made it.
TRENZAR is the result of a collaboration between Laura García, founder of Marlot Baus, and Natalia Ortega of Worn Studio. Together they directed nine Spanish artisans — each a specialist in wood, iron, ceramic, silver, embroidery, blown glass, or wicker — to interpret braiding through their material of mastery. The result is not a catalogue of techniques but a conversation between hands, materials, and the spaces they inhabit.
