Crystal Ball Vase

The magical rubber bubbles that became a cult game of the ‘90s were the inspiration behind Matteo Zorzenoni’s Crystal Ball vases; these decorative elements made of delicate spheres of glass are a reinterpretation of an evocative childhood pastime. In this collection of vase sculptures, the small bases in bleached ash wood support large spheres made of mouth-blown borosilicate glass: the resulting visual effect is an interesting counterbalance between fullness and emptiness, fragility and resistance. For each type of vase, there is a set variety of colours; any irregularity in the colouring or surface should be considered the valuable effect of the particular techniques employed by the masterful artisanal glass-blowers during the creation of the spheres.