Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Parahi in Hoahoa Toi me te Whakaaturanga Toi Competition Category.
ParahiToi· 2021
Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo
by Sini Majuri
Client: Sini Majuri
A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Toi Category
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About Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo
Ko Cassiopeia he whakairo karaehe i hangaia mai i te karaehe para hangarau me te karaehe hangahanga i whakahokia anō. Me kore ake tēnei rauemi, ka mutu tōna huarahi ki te wāhi para, engari nā te whakarewa me te whakaahua anō, ka whai tōna āhua hōu. Ko tēnā, ko tēnā wāhanga he karaehe taiwhanga i puhia mā te waha, i whakaahuatia mā te ringa. Ko ngā mata taratara, taiao anō hoki e whakaata ana i te ātaahua o Scandinavia me tōna mārama. Ko tēnā, ko tēnā puare karaehe kua whakamāramatia iti nei, ā, ka whakakotahi ngā mata ōrite ki te huka ki roto i tētahi whakatūnga rite ki te whenua. Ko te rahi o te whakairo he 150 mā te 50 mā te 30 sentimita. Ko te whāinga he whakamāoritanga whakaahua rotarota mō te rerekētanga i waenga i te rauemi kua whakahokia anō me te rauemi whai uara.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award Parahi
Ko Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Cassiopeia Whakahaere Matua: Whakairo i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Glass medium can be reused countless of times, as the material stays pure. The sculpture is made from unpure glass material that would en up as a landfill. Cassiopeia reflects Scandinavian aesthetics and light through organic surfaces. Each sculpture is made from mouth blown studio glass and shaped by hand. The design philosophy behind the Cassiopeia is to create poetic interpretation of the weightless yet strong nature of glass. How it allows to see to the deepness of the Universe though the lenses of telescope and into the smallest details of life in the microscopic world.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions 150 cm x 50 cm x 30 cm. Every object has a unique dimensions.
- Tags
- glass, art, sculpture, finland, ice
- Production Technology
- Blown glass. Hand shaped.
- Design Challenge
- The creative challenge was to ballance with strong and organic shapes in a way that the outcome is harmonious.
- Research
- The sculpture aims to highlight the timeless beauty of recycled glass material. How broken material that would otherwise been used as a landfill be metted back again and healed into something new.
- Inspiration
- Glass that is used in the sculptures is both industrial waste and recycled glass. Therefore the sculpture plays with organic surfaces and the contrast between recycled and waluable. Cassiopeia is inspired by the microscopic world and how something invisibly small can change the World.
- Project Duration
- Project was exhibited in Venice Glass Week 2020.
- Operation Flow
- The sculpture plays with rough and organic surfaces, glass and light. Every bumpy glass dome is slightly illuminated. The ice like surfaces are melting together into a landscape like installation.
- Patents
- Sini Majuri
- Team Members
- Sini Majuri
- Image Credits
- Sini Majuri
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