Angelo Bartolome is a craftsman who explores the relationship between an object's materiality and the narrative it conveys. Bartolome draws significant inspiration from Soetsu Yanagi, who led the Mingei movement. This philosophy resonated throughout Bartolome's work as making represents the lived experience. Bartolome believes that the surfaces' scratches, discolourations and unevenness tell the stories of these objects and reveal their journey through time.