 lamp can be placed on the floor or table. Each lamp is completely one-of-a-kind and embraces imperfections. The lamp is created by the help of 

 in the area of Veneto. The process is intricate and time consuming as one must be in constant dialogue with the clay.

The ceramic lamp is constructed using three molds. The ceramic forms are carefully modified and collaged over a three-day period to create one unique piece. 

After the three day clay construction, we wait over a week for it to dry and be fired. It then moves on to a second artisans who glazes the lamp twice and fired another two times. The lampshade is prepared by a third artisan in Nove, and the entire lamp is electrified in another town in Northern Veneto region by a fourth artisan. The process of Break the Mold involves the participation and cohesiveness of multiple artisans around the Veneto region. 

If you would like a limited edition lamp, the process involves an additional two artisans. One for creating the custom glaze, and the second for preparing the vintage upholstery fabrics. 

The sphere-form is given the name 'Cassola' which is a town close to the ceramic atelier. The name is derived from 'Casa' which means 'home' and 'sola' which means 'alone'.

You have the option of having one lampshade upright, a lampshade on the side, or two lampshades. 

When the lamps, vases, and photographs come together in a room, they juxtapose in various combinations, creating 

. Much like in a painted diptych or triptych, the formal qualities of the pieces amplify and interact with one another to create a conceptual experience that is greater than the sum of its parts. 

The photography mirrors the vases, while the vases create a physical repetition of the form used in the lamp. A dialogue is created between the embodied three-dimensional object and the represented two-dimensional one.

If you would like a limited edition lamp, you can speak directly with the studio for details. You will have the possibility to select the vintage fabric for your lampshade from a local Venetian upholstery workshop - and you will have the opportunity to select the glaze color of your lamp.

The clay forms of the lamps are collaged from multiple different plaster molds modified to make each piece distinct; stacked in precarious configurations, they seem almost to buckle under pressure. Each one of my unique lampshades is crafted from fabrics made in the Veneto region and manufactured between 1950 and 1990, a time span that encapsulates the year of my grandparents’ immigration, my parents’ birth, and the year that I was born. By adorning the lampshades with fabrics originally used for objects, fashion, and interior design—such as silk, velvet, and wallcoverings—I suggest different relationships between the viewer and the figure of the lamp.

Collaged Light

 deconstructs and reimagine traditions of craft by subverting the ethos of mass production. For this project, I engaged 

. The slip-casting process used for this group of works is common in commercial 

. For my series, I disrupted the process by removing the forms prematurely from the plaster molds, before their clay walls were fully hardened, and manually shaped their fragile forms into something unexpected. In this flimsy state, they were poked and prodded out of sameness, forced to stand on their own feet. Each of my works is only truly activated when it comes into contact with light or flowers, or is mirrored through photography.

Is a series of lamps, vases, and photographs.

Produced between the 1970s and 1990s that I found in the basement of my cousin’s ceramics factory.

And traditionally yields materials that are sanded and glazed to perfection, every piece precisely mirroring the others.

Break the Mold (english)

Ceramic forms named after local towns surrounding Nove di Bassano.

 which has a mission to revitalize the ceramic town of Nove di Bassano, Italy (located an hour away from Venice). 

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