Twisted Center Piece - Edition of 3
During a weekend glass workshop at Cencal - Marinha Grande I initiated the process of developing a series of pieces with a twisted glass shape. Their various iterations, while collaborating with different glass blower, evolved into a limited series of 3 pieces and a lot of experiments, exploring colour and its movement around the turmoil.
During a weekend glass workshop at Cencal - Marinha Grande I initiated the process of developing a series of pieces with a twisted glass shape. Their various iterations, while collaborating with different glass blower, evolved into a limited series of 3 pieces and a lot of experiments, exploring colour and its movement around the turmoil.
Product photos taken by Matilde Travassos for Felipa Almeida’s Fruit Market.
Part of MUDE Design Museum and Museu do Vidro permanent collection
Made in collaboration of glass blowers Cláudio Duarte and Arlindo Francisco. Final pieces by José Manuel Castanheira.
2023
Part of MUDE Design Museum and Museu do Vidro permanent collection
Made in collaboration of glass blowers Cláudio Duarte and Arlindo Francisco. Final pieces by José Manuel Castanheira.
2023
An eucalyptus is not a pine tree
Due to the progressing interest in fast growing
tree species, the eucalyptus, originally from
Australia, is widespreading across the Portugal,
replacing the pine tree as the most common species.
As if you could make a species autochton,
the eucalyptus forests are overcoming the native ones.
These vases pay an homage to the pine trees, using
their "fruit", the cones, as a decorative element on
a lathed eucalyptus trunk.
Due to the progressing interest in fast growing
tree species, the eucalyptus, originally from
Australia, is widespreading across the Portugal,
replacing the pine tree as the most common species.
As if you could make a species autochton,
the eucalyptus forests are overcoming the native ones.
These vases pay an homage to the pine trees, using
their "fruit", the cones, as a decorative element on
a lathed eucalyptus trunk.
Part of MUDE Design Museum permanent collection
Material: Eucalyptus wood and pine tree cones scales.
Size: 35x13cm
Production: Self made. Exploratory series
Edition: VICARA
2015
Chouriceira is a BBQ for chouriços which takes the traditional pottery motives from Caldas da Rainha to a new use/meaning.
Spore is a fungi vase.
Although present in every environment,
due to their repulsive nature, in our
sterilized world the fungi are never really seen.
This vase creates an innocuous vessel
so that these organisms flourish.
The cultivating media is injected through
a hole on the top with a needle.
The spores which exist in the surrounding
air are the seeds.
Although present in every environment,
due to their repulsive nature, in our
sterilized world the fungi are never really seen.
This vase creates an innocuous vessel
so that these organisms flourish.
The cultivating media is injected through
a hole on the top with a needle.
The spores which exist in the surrounding
air are the seeds.
Exhibited during Dutch Design Week 2010 and DMY Berlin 2011 with the collective Made out Portugal.
Material:
Borosilicate Glass
Size: 30cm x 25 cm
Photos by Ivano Salonia.
Prototypes
2010 and 2011
Social Urban Object. “Jungalhar” is a one week residency project for a co-creation project with Miguel Rondon in the offspring of the river Lis, in Fontes, Leiria. Inspired by the local’s remniscience of the place, we created a place for dialogue and contemplation, of the surrounding natural enviroment and of the music, composed in the residency by Surma and João Hasselberg.
