Striving to make an ordinary moment such as drinking water into a tactile and aesthetic experience, glassblower and designer, Alexander Kirkeby is drawn by clear glass as a material that is inherently both dramatic and graceful. “I am fascinated by the process, there is a constant movement and full awareness of the hot and liquid mass,” he says of his craft.

With clear glass as the medium the work interprets archetypal objects standing on the pillars of traditional glass working techniques and contorted aesthetics. Shapes and decoration are deformed, flowing in and out of each other and manifests as a design object. For Ark Kollekt 01 Kirkeby has made four pieces, a wine glass, champagne glass, water glass and a unique vase.

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