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Maarten De Ceulaer with Victor Hunt Designart Dealer
Balloon Bowls, e6 #16, 2011
Description
Maarten De Ceulaer with Victor Hunt Designart Dealer Balloon Bowls, e6 #16, 2011
Plaster, pigments, coating
cm 51,5x51,5x6,6
CHARITY AUCTION FOR LUIGI SACCO HOSPITAL IN MILAN, LOTS WITH NO BUYER'S PREMIUM
Lot offered by Victor Hunt Gallery / Alexis Ryngaert with a 50% donation, shipped from Bruxelles, Belgium
The Balloon Bowls are created by casting strong synthetic plaster into a balloon, after which a second balloon is inserted, and inflated. These two balloons act as flexible moulds, ensuring a unique shape for each and every bowl. Once the plaster is set, the balloons are removed, and a bowl appears. The colorants, which are added to the water prior to mixing it with the plaster powder, emerge differently each time again, creating uncontrolled and often spectacular color patterns. The bowls are finished with a special coating (matte or glossy) which reinforces the plaster, makes it waterproof and usable for many purposes, it is also dry food approved. The process is an experimental review of a traditional ceramic practice. Instead of using porcelain or clay, plaster is used as the end material, not just as an inferior material to make moulds with. The project is all about serendipity; the parameters that influence the process are known, but still the result is always a guess, and never turns out exactly the way you expect it.
Maarten De Ceulaer has won several awards, among which the Belgian Young Designer award in 2007 and the Henry Van De Velde award for Young Talent 2013. Besides Gallery Nilufar, he also works with Victor Hunt Gallery in Brussels, and companies such as CC Tapis, Vibia, Budri, Collection Particulière and Fendi. His work is held in private and public collections, and has been exhibited in museums, festivals, biennials and fairs worldwide.
Why Milano:
I have been coming to Milan for Salone del Mobile every year since I was a design student. It's usually one of the yearly highlights, where we show new projects to the world, and see so many friends again. Milan is a city where I feel at home because it evokes so many good memories, and it was painful to see this city in such a terrible situation. I am nevertheless sure it will recover from this episode fully, and know that we will value it even more in the future.
cm 51,5x51,5x6,6
CHARITY AUCTION FOR LUIGI SACCO HOSPITAL IN MILAN, LOTS WITH NO BUYER'S PREMIUM
Lot offered by Victor Hunt Gallery / Alexis Ryngaert with a 50% donation, shipped from Bruxelles, Belgium
The Balloon Bowls are created by casting strong synthetic plaster into a balloon, after which a second balloon is inserted, and inflated. These two balloons act as flexible moulds, ensuring a unique shape for each and every bowl. Once the plaster is set, the balloons are removed, and a bowl appears. The colorants, which are added to the water prior to mixing it with the plaster powder, emerge differently each time again, creating uncontrolled and often spectacular color patterns. The bowls are finished with a special coating (matte or glossy) which reinforces the plaster, makes it waterproof and usable for many purposes, it is also dry food approved. The process is an experimental review of a traditional ceramic practice. Instead of using porcelain or clay, plaster is used as the end material, not just as an inferior material to make moulds with. The project is all about serendipity; the parameters that influence the process are known, but still the result is always a guess, and never turns out exactly the way you expect it.
Maarten De Ceulaer has won several awards, among which the Belgian Young Designer award in 2007 and the Henry Van De Velde award for Young Talent 2013. Besides Gallery Nilufar, he also works with Victor Hunt Gallery in Brussels, and companies such as CC Tapis, Vibia, Budri, Collection Particulière and Fendi. His work is held in private and public collections, and has been exhibited in museums, festivals, biennials and fairs worldwide.
Why Milano:
I have been coming to Milan for Salone del Mobile every year since I was a design student. It's usually one of the yearly highlights, where we show new projects to the world, and see so many friends again. Milan is a city where I feel at home because it evokes so many good memories, and it was painful to see this city in such a terrible situation. I am nevertheless sure it will recover from this episode fully, and know that we will value it even more in the future.
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