100 by Bocci

Bocci 100 brought together multiple glass artists within the glass studio in a performative act to create the new pendant light ‘100’. molten glass bubbles are prepared individually, then smashed together to produce irregular interlocking glass forms.
‘100 is an exploration in collision and exposure,‘ adds jay macdonell, glass master at bocci. ‘the combination of hot working and cold working requires intuition and skill in equal measure. it’s as if the artists have to have x-ray vision. seeing the insides of the volume in their imagination in real-time, prospecting almost, to find where those interesting moments might occur,’ macdonell says. ‘there are also pragmatic considerations. to expose the inner geometry, the artists cut openings from several angles, while also addressing the hanging balance of the piece keeping in mind the central bubble must remain intact, as it becomes the diffuser for a light source‘.
Every single Bocci product is handmade. each one is variously blown, poured, carved, polished, packed, and dispatched directly from their vancouver base. as such, no two products are identical; they are individual, irregular, and unique expressions of evolving research.