SOFT ARCHITECTURE
Spanish-born and Mexico-based artist Rafael Uriegas is known for his richly layered visual language that draws on mythology, religion, and everyday life, blending Renaissance, Baroque, and pre-Hispanic influences into contemporary abstraction. His recent collaboration with Samovar Carpets has brought his vision into a new medium through the Soft Architecture collection—a series of handtufted carpets translating his paintings. Characterized by flowing, organic forms that echo nature’s rhythms, these carpets translate Uriegas’s distinct artistic voice into tactile, immersive pieces. Through soft lines and earthy tones, Samovar has transformed Uriegas’s paintings into functional artworks that evoke the fluidity and vitality of the natural world.
A meeting of art and craftsmanship, the Soft Architecture collection brings the poetic imagination of Rafael Uriegas — a Spanish-born, Mexico-based contemporary artist — into the world of fine carpets. Known for his richly layered visual language, Uriegas explores themes of mythology, religion, and everyday life, weaving together influences from the Renaissance, Baroque, and pre-Hispanic art traditions. His work captures the timeless dialogue between history and abstraction, spirit and form.
In collaboration with Samovar Carpets, Uriegas’s paintings have been reinterpreted through the tactile depth of handtufted artistry. Each carpet from the Soft Architecture collection transforms his expressive compositions into sculptural surfaces — a harmony of texture, color, and movement that engages both sight and touch.
Flowing, organic forms echo the rhythms of nature, while earthy tones and fluid lines reflect the artist’s deep connection to the natural world. These carpets are not mere reproductions but reinterpretations, where Samovar’s craftsmanship breathes a new physicality into Uriegas’s visual universe.
The result is a collection that stands between art and design — at once functional and poetic, architectural yet soft. The Soft Architecture series invites you to experience art as space, to walk upon color, and to feel the quiet energy of nature reimagined through the mastery of woven form.
