Back to nature, with earth, air wind and fire. These lamps are mouth blown in a wooden mould sculpted from a tree trunk. The glass expands into the mould by the glass blower.

SOUCHES LAMPS

2008 - Limited production


SOUCHES Lamps

2008


Limited production

School project - Max Lamb - ECAL (CH)

 Back to nature, with earth, air wind and fire. These lamps are mouth blown in a wooden mould sculpted from a tree trunk. The glass expands into the mould by the glass blower.

Back to nature, with earth, air wind and fire. These lamps are mouth blown in a wooden mould sculpted from a tree trunk. The glass expands into the mould by the glass blower.

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 Wooden moulds

Wooden moulds

 Using fire and his agility to work the molten glass, he stretches out a part of the form, evolving it from a primitive to functional object, as this part will house the light fixture.

Using fire and his agility to work the molten glass, he stretches out a part of the form, evolving it from a primitive to functional object, as this part will house the light fixture.

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 The difficulty of this project was to avoid a perfectly round shape (given by the moulds) and to work on the connectivity of the elements involved.

The difficulty of this project was to avoid a perfectly round shape (given by the moulds) and to work on the connectivity of the elements involved.

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