Price On Request A construction of fiberglass, natural beeswax, stainless steel, and painted wood, Libertíny's Amphora is part of the "made by bees" series based on the notion of "slow prototyping". Referring to the work of about forty thousand bees which produce wax as part of the hard labour, beeswax construction is restricted by the seasons. It is a process...

Price On Request This handmade model of the Luna 9 spacecraft was part of an exclusive presentation model by the Russian company Lavochkin Research and Production Association. On February 3, 1966, the Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to achieve a soft landing on the moon, proving that the lunar surface could support the weight of the aircraft, rather than...

Price On Request Steven and William Ladd's work references their shared history. The brothers find unique entry points to their memories and experiences through the process of breaking down materials. These materiality explorations frequently evoke childhood imaginative and physical landscapes. "The Dark Crystal," is a maquette for new sculptural work that utilizes paper mache and beading, resulting in topographies reminiscent...

Price On Request The bronze piece "Allonge" is about human scale and ambition. Its title comes comes from classical ballet, referring to the technical position in which the dancer extends the arm in such a way that the limb appears to be longer-and more attenuated-than it really is. "I love the aspirational metaphor, of reaching beyond what is physically possible,"...

Price On Request Ika Kuenzel's "Protected Service" antique vases have been through fallen empires and world wars, now ensconced in a fat layer of glass. Born from her desire to preserve family heirlooms collected in the early twentieth century, Kuenzel preserved a selection of delicate glass vases made by Bohemian glass manufacturer Johann Loetz Witwe. Employing a permanent casing of...

Price On Request Glacier is inspired by the Perito Moreno glacier in the Glaciares National Park in the south of Argentina, part of a UNESCO world heritage site and important center for biodiversity and wilderness. One of the most famous attractions in Patagonia, Perito Moreno is one of the largest fresh-water reservoirs worldwide, but is threatened by rising temperatures and...

Price On Request "Blue Mountains Walking" is a sculptural work from a series he made called bontei or tray gardens. It falls into a Japanese, and generally East Asian tradition of creating artworks that distill the natural world into abstract forms via trays. This includes bonsai (plants on trays) and bonseki/suiseki (stones on trays). The title Blue Mountains Walking is...

Price On Request Though typically infused with religious and cultural affiliations, Mimi Jung's modern interpretation of a tea house focuses on the power of solace and introspection. By manipulating the tea house's semi-permeable revolving walls, the viewer can step into the house's hidden, isolated interior. The need to physically push and pull the house's concentric walls highlights the tension between...

Price On Request A major theme of Mimi Jung's work is the tension between internal and external experiences, which she typically presents to viewers through interactive, life-sized structures. Her flat woven wall pieces represent her primal explorations of this theme. Their creation allows a deeper understanding of her unique materials, colors, textures and compositions - their combinations seek the quintessential...

Price On Request As its name suggests, "The Birth Gold" is inspired by a moment of conception, specifically the moment when the sperm fertilizes an egg. According to the studio, the chandelier is also inspired by the delicate electrical current that is emitted when an egg is fertilized. Its bold, pendant design alludes to the suspension of that moment, and...

Price On Request The "Wayfinder," made collaboratively by Jerry Nance and Asher Israelow, is a lens for dreamers. Rooted in the history of sea navigation and space exploration, this astrolabe depicts the night sky by day, or the constellations beyond each night. With an accurate projection of the stars dialed into time and location, the scope envisions the sky from...

Price On Request "I am interested in the viability of utilizing insects and their waste streams to create future craft artifacts," says Marlène Huissoud. In her "Of Insects and Men #2," Huissoud looks to challenge industrial waste materials like off cuts of glass and combine them with natural material that she has developed such as the honeybee bio resin which...