

Dhruv Agarwwal
Metal enamelling
Noida, India
Playing with traditional craftsmanship
Memory, material and long-term collaborations with craft communities shape the work of Dhruv Agarwwal. Drawing from the colours, objects and spatial references of his childhood in India, his practice translates familiar elements from board games and mosaic floors to temple ceilings and domestic rituals into furniture, lighting and large-scale installations. Each body of work grows from a long partnership with a craft community in its own region. In Moradabad, a city in northern India with centuries of metalworking history, Dhruv collaborates with artisans practising meenakari, a technique that fuses coloured glass onto metal.
The Glim table lamp, selected for Homo Faber 2026, takes the form of a flower beginning to bloom. Overlapping steel petals are layered around a central light source, rising towards a closed bud. Each petal is coated in meenakari, developed in collaboration with artisans in Moradabad. The craft is believed to have travelled from Persia to the royal courts of India in the 16th century, where it flourished on gold jewellery and ceremonial objects. The enamel is applied by hand in translucent layers, allowing light to pass through the petals and glow within the material itself.
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Dhruv Agarwwal
Noida, India
ADDRESS
Address upon request, Noida, India
AVAILABILITY
By appointment only
PHONE
+91 9650864911