Product Design Masters students from influential Swiss design school
ECAL are showing a range of exploratory glass works at London venue
Gallery Libby Sellers this month.
Designer Ronan Bouroullec and glassblower Matteo Gonet challenged students to explore and test the limits of glass blowing, producing pieces that challenged the traditional methods of glass design and craft.
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| Tension/Expansion by Sarha Duquesne |
Techniques included pouring glass into frames and moulds and incorporating
other materials in unexpected ways to produce avant-garde
prototypes.
Exploratory tools were made by the students to lead the glass to take on new forms.
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| Stein by Felix Kilngmüller |
Matteo Gonet explains, "Glass is used in a wide variety of areas, in a multitude of guises, thereby allowing plenty of scope for exploration. Since the material is basically technical in nature, tools have been used from the beginning of time to process glass."
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| Mould in Motion by Philipp Grundhӧfer |
Included in the show are pieces by graduate designers Rita Botelho, Diane du Chaxel, Sarha Duquesne, Philipp Grundhӧfer, Felix Kilngmüller, Charles Mathis, Giulio Parini and Jung-Cheng Su. Hot Tools runs at Gallery Libby Sellers until 29th September 2012.
