Wool Vases and Vessels

Tadeas Podracky Vase From the series “The Metamorphosis” Manufactured by Tadeas Podracky Produced in exclusive for side Gallery Prague, 2021 Mixed media, plastic, wood, textile, foam, glass Measurements 65 cm x 70 cm x 92 H cm 25,6 in x 27,5 in x 36,2 H in Edition Unique Piece Concept The Metamorphosis collection seeks to enhance the emotional bond to our surrounding environment. During the Coronavirus outbreak Podracký returned to Prague his home town and spent a couple of months in a quarantine in his studio there. Access to materials was minimal but he turned this handicap into a research opportunity and started to work only with material found around the studio or that were easy to access, such as wood, textiles, trash such as old car parts, old ceramic pieces or broken glass sheets. Tadeáš realized that these materials had a certain authenticity and so began reevaluating the way he approached the materiality, challenging himself to dis-acknowledge deeply rooted principles of formal design, interrupting established practices of conventional construction methods. The designer was seeking the authenticity of expression and changed his design methodology based on the intuitive use of materials and emotional decisions regarding structure, shape and the construction process. The aim was to let the object grow through his hands by gluing and combining different elements, reminiscent of the process of a bird...

Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...

Drawing on the enduring phoenix tail form that dates to China’s Bronze Age, this porcelain vase from the 1920s exhibits the sinuous lines and gilded refinement that helped to define ...

French Art Deco vase by Andre DELATTE (Jarville, near Nancy), France, late 1920s. Mottled glass. Double glass. Purple and white enamels are applied between the two layers. Height : 1...

Royal Doulton Flambe Vase Shape number #1614 Castle Landscape Rich red flambe glaze. Rural England scene; old castle on the hill. Royal Doulton Flambe backstamp. Dimensions: 2.25"W x...

Contemporary vase designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 and edited by Fish design. Made of colored soft resin. Unique piece. Italy Measurements: Diameter 22cm x H 36cm Bibliography ...

Contemporary vase designed by Gaetano Pesce in 1995 and edited by Fish design. Made of colored soft resin. Unique piece. Italy Measurements: Diameter 22cm x H 36cm Bibliography ...

Hand-turned and hand-painted ceramic vase with kiln-sublimated decorative decals. Teje vase for Memphis Milano by Matteo Thun, Italy, 1981. Very good condition with no chips cracks ...

Window garden self-standing is a system of seven, overlapping, high-pressure cast white porcelain vases mounted on a thin, metal, tripod base. The vases themselves are designed to al...

Magnificent orange thorn vase by Rene Lalique. Model created in 1921, withdrawn from the catalog in 1932, not used again after 1947 (ref. Marcilhac, page 427). Dimensions in cm ( H ...

Faience de Gien Art Deco period "Orchidee" or Orchid vase, with tapering square neck above a polyhedral base, the sides decorated in polychrome enamel ...

The 13 Malide glass vase was originally designed by Ettore Sottsass in 1986. The vase is part of the “Malide Glass” collection. Made in Murano glass, and signed on the base “E.Sottsa...