A Visit to the Bocci Glass Blowing Studio
Contemporist recently visited the Bocci glass blowing studio in Vancouver, Canada, where we watched them creating their 28 series lamp designed by Omer Arbel.
Here are some photos we took of the process…
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Watch a video of the 28 Series glass blowing – here.
Visit the Bocci website – here.
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The Disgruntled Architect on 28 May 2011 at 5:46 pm #
Its always fascinating to me that something so delicate is produced in such a rough and industrial space, under such harsh conditions. Glass blowing is a beautiful art, thanks for the post and the pics.
lorbus on 29 May 2011 at 10:50 am #
Thanks for sharing the process pics. It’s always cool to see how stuff is made!
Alex Henrique on 30 May 2011 at 4:12 am #
Thanks for posting this. I liked very much.
Bjz on 30 May 2011 at 10:26 am #
I’m always attracted to this website for the architecture section, but this post really got my attention. I enjoyed it very much, it will go in my favourites folder.
julien dayet on 31 May 2011 at 7:45 am #
…simply fascinating & beautiful…
Katie Katz on 31 May 2011 at 8:53 am #
Wonderful images of showing the process! Cool design.