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MYSTERIOUS AMBER
Coming from the dawn of time
Amber is a fascinating material: a fossil resin secreted millions of years ago by conifers or flowering plants, which sometimes traps insects...
It's hard to imagine such a long time contained in a small amber crystal. This is how the AMBRA lamp was born.
By choosing molten glass, I accepted a degree of randomness, because as long as the mold has not cooled and been broken open to extract the block of molten glass, we do not know what we will find inside... This is the price you pay for hoping to discover the warm hues of this mysterious mineral from the dawn of time.
oval lampshade in woven raffia
A necessary part of randomness
Molten glass requires the talents of an experienced master glassmaker.
What we call "molten glass" is actually pieces of crystal that are mixed with pigments and heated to a very high temperature so that the crystal fuses with the colored pigments.
The art of the master glassmaker is therefore to control the distribution of pigments in his mold and then to control the fusion in order to obtain the desired aesthetic result.
But nothing is visible, because everything happens in the secrecy of the mold...
It takes several days for the oven to gradually reach the required temperature, and several more days for the piece to cool in the mold.
It is only when we break the mold that we discover whether the piece is successful...or needs to be redone!
LE QUOTIDIEN DE L’ART
April 2025
On the occasion of ART PARIS 2025, our AMBRA lamp illustrates the article entitled “When design flirts with art”
