Celeste

This work is very intimate for me. It is about holding on to someone who left earlier than she should have. Inspired by her vision of life, I experiment with techniques and play with materials, all with the purpose of shining light within.

The collection is divided into three parts: Ad Astra, Présences, and Chimères. Each section holds something deeply personal, a special connection between her and me.

Celeste - Chimères

When I wake from asleep, I try to recall images of her from my dreams. They are often blurry and shift shapes each time I remember them. I tried to capture that feeling in this chimera.

To help me invoke the sensation of Celeste presence and memories getting blurry with time passing, at first I used alabaster and then i focused on glass and bronze. It allows me to explore the chimera complexity with new perceptions appearing depending on how light bounces on glass across shapes and shadows.

Brososilicate glass is a light medium, with a soft and delicate sanded texture. I want it to look like an ethereal cloud, tethered to earth by the bronze holding it up for us to witness.
With the purpose of mapping textures from my surroundings I pour melted bronze on a mix of earth, sands and stones, and get them react with each other. Therefore you can feel in the texture left onto the bronze the story of those mountains. Leaving their mark for eternity.

I spend countless hours soldering, cutting, fitting bronze pieces together to find shapes that will bond the bronze and glass together. Then shine a lightbulb inside the glass, soft and diffuse. The idea is not to produce a strong or useful light, but more of a subtle presence. I want you to feel this Chimera more than have a use for it.

While working with Glass I try to push matter to its limits. Blending motion with reality. To a point where understanding and theory become irrelevant you just can feel what the matter express.

Chimères #1

Bronze, Blow Glass
Size:
Weight: 1kg

Chimères #2

Bronze, Blow Glass
Size:
Weight: 1kg

Chimères #3

Bronze, Alabaster
Size:
Weight: 1,5Kg

Chimères #4

Bronze, Glass
Size:
Weight: 1kg

Ad Astra

Celeste “Ad Astra” is inspired by her love for the dance between the moon and the sun, the influence they have on us, and her fascination with zodiac readings. It recalls countless night walks through the forest, searching for the perfect spot on a rock to gaze at the moon.

These lights combine melted bronze, representing the sun, with cold stone (alabaster, granite, or marble) symbolizing the moon. I also explore how light can transform our perception of these elements, whether by night or day.

This line of lamp is purposely “naive” trying to reclaim our inner child perception.

This lamp is inspired by Augusto Giacometti’s painting “Nuit étoilée”. It not only reveals the sun and the moon but also captures the presence of stars within itself.

Bronze, Alabaster, Granite
Size: 60cm
Weight: 8kg