For about a decade, Loewe, the Spanish fashion house, has shown a collection of home décor during Milan’s design week. The presentations began in 2015 with a focus on a specific category — baskets, chairs, lamps and the like — and always with an emphasis on craft.
This year, 25 artists, designers and architects from 10 countries were invited to create a teapot or tea set in ceramic. Among them was Dan McCarthy, an American ceramicist known for his “Facepots.”
Mr. McCarthy had never made a teapot before. “I had to buy special clay and special glazes and fire at temperatures I don’t usually fire at,” he said.
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