Posted in Glass, Homewares, Inspirational, tagged Héctor Serrano on September 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
It’s a vase – it’s a jar! New, beautiful designs from London designer Héctor Serrano. These colours are absolutely perfect.
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Stunning, glass decanters with stoppers made from scraps found in a London glass works.
The ‘Minarets’ (by Ezgi Turksoy & Kacper Hamilton) will be exhibited at Mint for the London Design Festival.
Via .
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Posted in Ceramics, Event, Glass, Homewares, Textiles, tagged Donna Wilson, Eleanor Pritchard, Fortnum & Mason, Helen Beard, Hitomi Hosono on May 21, 2010| 5 Comments »
Fortnum & Mason are hosting a British Craft Exhibition featuring Eleanor Pritchard, Helen Beard, Donna Wilson, Hitomi Hosono (image below) and many others.
Get your handmade on!
Update: Yes, the Hitomi Hosono sculpture below is porcelain!
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Posted in Antiques, Glass, Salvage, tagged Modern 50 on February 23, 2010| 2 Comments »
1. Buy vintage glass bottles
2. Set house on fire
Via Modern 50.
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I like the shapes of these new, handblown glasses from Toast.
Does anyone know who makes them?
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Posted in Glass, Homewares, tagged BarberOsgerby, Venini on October 16, 2009| 2 Comments »
Wow – these large, hand-blown glass vases from BarberOsgerby for Venini are truly beautiful. Apparently, they’re inspired by the lanterns on the boats in the Venetian Lagoon – which the designers spotted on a trip to visit Venini’s workshop on Murano.
It’s difficult to get a sense of scale here – but the last shot gives a better sense of their size. These are proper centrepieces!
Via It’s Nice That.
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Posted in Art, Glass, Inspirational, tagged Tomas Kral on March 31, 2009| 1 Comment »
I’ve only recently come across Tomas Kral’s ‘Upgrade’ series – where he’s applied traditional decorative techniques for crystal (like engraving and gilding) to ‘upgrade’ old, industrial glass pieces (like milk bottles and jars.)
The results are fantastic – and the idea is perfectly simple and straightforward. I bet it won’t be long before we see a lot of similar stuff on the high street. (Imitation as flattery and all that!)
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