The Beat That My Heart Skipped - A blog dedicated to daily design inspirations. By Rohini Wahi. » Glassware

NYC Outtakes

Rohini — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:05:09 +0000

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Apparatus

Rohini — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:33:29 +0000

New York lighting brand Apparatus’ lighting collection is created using vintage lighting fixtures, aged brass, painted glass and natural materials . I love their poetic use of the utilitarian and the delicate.

Transcience

Rohini — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:00:15 +0000

I feel like there is a shift in interiors where homeware is beginning to gravitate towards the transient and alchemical… using delicate materials and ethereal finishes.

An example that I can’t get out of my head is a series of delicate mirrors by Dutch designer David Derksen. Called Transcience the project shows the beauty of the natural oxidizing process of mirrors. By accelerating and manipulating this process, the mirrors show various stages of oxidation in three different geometrical patterns. Depending on the time that the silver is reacting with sulphur, different colour tones can be achieved, ranging from gold to brown, to purple to blue. I love the silhouettes and ghostly outlines…

Andrea Walsh

Rohini — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:00:42 +0000

Wow, how lovely are these vessels from Andrea Walsh? The bottom of each one looks alive and glistening with the slopping about of luscious wet paint, but in fact what we see is glass.

Andrea works with bone china clay combined with paper to create vessels containing glass which is cast directly inside the piece, emulating liquid contained within the form. The glass is meant to resemble water in its stillness and calm. My favourite are the paper cones which look like they are about to ooze out the glass/liquid any second – such a unique concept!

Stories on Glass

Rohini — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:00:36 +0000

Delicate and playful glass vessels illustrated by Japanese artist Shinzi Katoh at Shelf…