Author: Maxim Velčovský
Date: 2016
Material: glass
Manufacturer / maker: Lasvit

The Frozen col­lec­tion was inspired by a fas­ci­na­tion with the trans­for­ma­tion of water into ice and the unique shapes that emerge dur­ing this process. Just as in nature, every object is an orig­i­nal — the result of a spe­cif­ic moment and con­di­tions of its creation. 

The pro­duc­tion process uses glass in a way that is quite unusu­al in tra­di­tion­al glass­mak­ing. Instead of being blown into a pre­cise mold, the molten glass is poured freely over the sur­face of a met­al form. Wrinkles, bub­bles and oth­er irreg­u­lar­i­ties emerg­ing from this process are not regard­ed as flaws, but become a nat­ur­al part of the final shape.

Maxim Velčovský: Frozen
Maxim Velčovský: Frozen

What is nor­mal­ly con­sid­ered a defect in con­ven­tion­al pro­duc­tion becomes an inten­tion­al part of the design. Each object is a unique record of its own mak­ing. Although the col­lec­tion is pro­duced as a series, the nat­ur­al behav­iour of the mate­r­i­al makes it impos­si­ble to cre­ate two iden­ti­cal pieces.

The Frozen col­lec­tion includes pen­dants, bowls and cham­pagne coolers.