During a
visit to Lasvit’s workshop in Prague, nestled deep in the forest, the
omnipresence of wood in the art of glassmaking became strikingly evident. In
the past, it nourished the kilns, shaped the tools… an invisible yet essential
raw material in the process.
On the
workshop floor, a twig. In an instinctive gesture, Patrick picks it up, tears a
sheet of paper, and places it over the twig. What if this simple branch became
a light fixture?
The first experiments quickly followed. We let molten glass flow freely over a tree trunk, guided only by gravity. No traditional mold—here, the tree itself sculpted the material. Every detail of the wood—its grain, roughness, and irregularities—was captured by the glass, revealing an organic depth, almost alive.
This process gave birth to an unprecedented play of light, enhanced by the density of the glass, far more nuanced than with an industrial process. In contrast, a delicate borosilicate tube houses the technology, while the blown glass piece floats above. The balance between these two materials—one raw and solid, the other light and precise—creates a striking sculptural presence.
