MONUMENTAL FEATS

Created by placing a steel frame on the floor and filling it with clay, handsculpted wall installations like this one (above) at the Zurich atelier of handbag designer Peter Nitz range from 2–10 inches thick, weigh about 25 pounds per square foot, and call for a team of up to six artisans. Among Lane’s smaller works, a pair of 43-inch-high cobalt trumpet vases with metallic bronzed cabochons in celestial relief (left)