VOLCANIC PASSION & CERAMIC BLISS with a splash of gold for autumn spirit: Over the summer we have been featuring volcanic stone objects and have fallen in love with this simple, yet elegant and versatile material.
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Crafted out of volcanic stone – also known as ‘recinto’ or ‘basalt’ – our object of the month for July is the NAUI table, by Pedro Cerisola (b.1980). Pedro Cerisola’s work finds expression in complex patterns of symmetry – the beauty that emerges from equilibrium.
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This May we want to highlight this intriguing steam cooker to you, made of hand-carved volcanic stone with wood. We all spend more time at home due to the current crisis and tend to value our precious objects around us much more. Many of us increased the emphasis on cooking and the preparation of food in this period of time. Rituals are not only giving us stability but also ground us and help us structure a day. The pieces we encounter here, are sculptures for cooking.
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OBSIDIAN - TITANIUM - MATERIAL / PROCESSES / TIME
17-20 September 2019 - at the London Design Festival
Materials: Process and Development in Design focuses on the relationship between materials, the processes that we use to shape them and the development of both over time.
The exhibition showcases Uniform Wares’ recent pioneering work with titanium mesh and Marion Friedmann Gallery presents functional designs made from Golden Sheen Obsidian which were created through a collaboration between artisans in Hidalgo, Mexico and designers from Anáhuac University in Mexico City.
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