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Meet the artisan

Working from his workshop in Madrid, Javier Sanchez Medina is an Extremaduran artisan and restorer specialised in handcrafting ornamental mirrors and animal heads, which he calls ‘ecological trophies’. 

These trophies are sculptural objects, designed for hanging on the wall as decorative and symbolic items, representing animals including bulls, donkeys, and rams. The pieces are crafted entirely in natural materials including bamboo, wicker, rattan and esparto. 

Medina is self-taught and dedicated to his craft: a practice rooted in the iconography and traditions of rural Spanish folk art.

Bold forms, natural textures

For Paula’s Ibiza 2021, Medina has created a special series of animal heads illustrating the collection’s embrace of natural textures, handcrafted forms and Spanish culture to be installed in stores and pop-ups across the globe.

Pop-ups Paula's

Discover Javier Medina’s work first-hand at one of the Paula’s Ibiza pop-ups taking place across the globe.

14 April - 5 May Paula's Ibiza Pop-up @Shinjuku Isetan 2F “The stage”

28 April – 11 May Paula's Ibiza Pop-up @Fukuoka Iwataya 1F “Kirameki Board”

21 April – 30 June Paula's Ibiza Pop-up @Yokohama Newman 2F

26 May – 8 June Paula's Ibiza Pop-up @JR Nagoya Takashimaya 3F “Rose Patio”

16-28 June Paula's Ibiza Pop-up @JHankyu Umeda 9F “Shukusai park”

Paula's Ibiza SS2021

Suffused with handcrafted details that are as meticulous as they are playful.