studio job: piece for peace

'piece for peace' by studio job in association with val saint lambert
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val saint lambert established in seraing, near liège, belgium, has been handcrafting crystal since 1826.
each of their pieces are mouth-blown and hand-cut by the company's craftsmen.
well-known for their double-colored and cut crystal, they frequently collaborate and engage
with international designers to fuse the age-old artisan craft with a more contemporary aesthetic sensibility.

following this philosophy, they have partnered up with the belgian-dutch design studio job
(nynke tynagel and job smeets) to produce 'piece for peace' a statuesque object for
herman van rompuy (president of the european council, brussels) to stand as a centrepiece for his
administrative office.

distinctively studio job, the statuesque piece is made from polished bronze, colored and cut crystal
that sits on a plinth made from indian rosewood measuring 66 x 200 x 66cm,
and has the hybrid appearance of a teapot and a vase. a bronze cast of the hand symbol for peace
tops off the work. it stands at 2-metres-high and took no fewer than 300 hours to produce.

a craftsman working on the crystal components of 'piece for peace'
image courtesy of val saint lambert



polishing the crystal neck of the vessel
image courtesy of val saint lambert



image courtesy of studio job



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