2022 | glass, glass beads, pigments, silver foil, copper foil, aluminum foil | pâte de verre, cutting, polishing | 8×12×4cm, 12×6×2cm

To: Maurice Marinot is a series of perfume bottles that stand at the boundary between design and art – objects that can also be seen as sculptures. Through this work, I wanted to pay tribute to Maurice Marinot, whose lifelong dedication to glass profoundly shaped the development of studio glass worldwide. This series represents my attempt to reinterpret some of his timeless designs.

For this project, I selected six of Marinot’s works that I found most compelling and reflected on the impressions they left on me. Through this close study, I not only paid homage to his pioneering vision but also discovered new ways of approaching glass in my own practice.

photo: Shin’ichi Ichikawa