虚实相嵌
Round Squares

2014

吹出来的肥皂泡泡有着短暂的美丽，Iris和Ruben曾经希望，能够用吹出来的肥皂泡短暂地定格花架上美丽的植物。不断膨胀的肥皂泡会随着周围环境千变万化，直至破灭，呈现出令人惊叹的美好。他们以此为灵感，结合木材的使用，创作出一系列玻璃艺术品。

以此为灵感，Thier&VanDaalen工作室对有着古老传统的玻璃吹制及精细木工进行碰撞结合和全新的演绎，这相当考验两项古老的手工技艺，最终的迷人产物便是这件“Round Square”—透明的玻璃镶嵌在具有厚重感的木框中间，形成虚与实的冲撞、共生。设计师将吹制玻璃的过程置于箱状木框中进行，火热柔软的热玻璃在气压膨胀和木框模型的束缚下变形，最终冷却下来的玻璃球体便完美地嵌在木框里了。

湿木是自由式手工玻璃吹制的常见模具，但从未作为一件成品的决定性部件。Iris和Ruben将其视为一种优美的成品原材料，玻璃在吹制过程中同木材的状态永久定格，两者在最终完美地融为一体。

While blowing soap bubbles in the air, Iris van Daalen and Ruben Their came up with the idea to capture these temporary beauties in a tendril frame. The fascinating effect of a floating bubble which adapts to its surrounding until it snapswas the inspiration for a new series of objects in glass combined with wood.

For the Round Squares series, round bubbles of glass were blown into a square wooden frame, uniting two ancient handcrafts; free glassblowing and fine woodworking. The designers were fascinated by the two different materials that have their own unique properties and treatments. Wet wood is commonly used as a mould in free hand glassblowing, but not as a definitive part of the final object. The designers saw this as a beautiful element to apply. The glass marks the wood forever udring the blowing process, making the wooden mould and the glass glass match perfectly together.