Inchiostri - Ronan Bouroullec
Inchiostri - Ronan Bouroullec
Description
Produced in Murano in collaboration with master glassmaker Simone Cenedese, each vase is composed of four elements: two blocks of cast glass (in four different sizes and two thicknesses, 6 or 7 centimeters), a blown glass tube (in two different heights), and a small, shallow blown glass dish that can be stacked on top of the tube. Each element features a different hue, chosen from a palette of eleven colors.
From the almost infinite number of possible combinations offered by these basic forms, Ronan Bouroullec has selected twenty unique compositions. Through them, he continues to explore themes essential to his work. First, the question of assembly: in this case, joining objects without fastenings, simply by contact, through an essentially reversible process. Then, the question of balance: the arrangement of empty space and solid forms, of molten and blown glass, of fragile objects inserted within sturdy ones. And the notion of paradox: the possibility of elevation that resides in the very weight of things, the effect of verticality through horizontality, and the luminosity achieved through darkness, as evidenced by the name of the vases, Inchiostri (Inks).
Excerpt from the text by Martin Bethenod
(Translated from French by Lucas Faugère)
In collaboration with Giorgio Mastinu
Includes the Inchiostri Supplement
19.5 x 25.5 cm
Color offset
First edition 2025
ISBN 978-3-907179-89-5
