Cassiopeia 雕塑 by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 美术与艺术装置设计 Competition Category.

铜美术· 2021

Cassiopeia 雕塑

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 美术 Category

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The Design

About Cassiopeia 雕塑

《仙后座》是一件以回收玻璃与工业废玻璃制成的玻璃雕塑。这些原本将被填埋处理的材料,经过熔化后被重塑为全新的形态。每一件作品皆为手工吹制的工作室玻璃,由手工塑形而成。粗粝而富有有机感的表面呼应了斯堪的纳维亚的美学与光感。每一个玻璃穹顶都被微微照亮,冰晶般的表面相互融合,汇聚成如同风景般的装置。雕塑尺寸为150 x 50 x 30厘米。创作意图在于以诗意的方式诠释回收材料与珍贵材料之间的对比。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Cassiopeia 雕塑是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Cassiopeia 雕塑将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Cassiopeia 雕塑出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

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