Bronze Fine Arts and Art Installation Design · 2021
Cassiopeia Sculpture
by Sini Majuri
- A' Design Award 2021 Bronze Winner in Fine Arts and Art Installation Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: Sini Majuri
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 17,434
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About Cassiopeia Sculpture
Cassiopeia is a glass sculpture made from recycled and industrial waste glass. The material would otherwise end up in landfill, and instead it is melted and reshaped into a new form. Each piece is mouth blown studio glass, shaped by hand. Rough and organic surfaces reflect Scandinavian aesthetics and light. Every glass dome is slightly illuminated, and the ice like surfaces melt together into a landscape like installation. The sculpture measures 150 by 50 by 30 centimeters. The intent is a poetic interpretation of the contrast between recycled and valuable material.
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Image Credits
- Sini Majuri
- Patents
- Sini Majuri