Talk to Alessandra.
He spoke to Alessandra Bardeschi, an Italian glass designer.
TK:
How did you grow up?
AB:
I grew up in a mountainous countryside called Montferlat in Piedmont, northwestern Italy. The top of three siblings. I was playing with my brothers every day in the wilderness. I was a shy and timid child, and I liked painting and reading books. Grandma lived together and always protected us. My father had started a business in the jewelry industry, and the mother was starting up in the precision machine industry, so they taught me to open up my way and pursue my dreams persistently.
TK:
Please tell me the memories of that time.
AB:
Everyone in the family went to the field by bicycle and hunted fruits. And it is a lot of "green" that always surrounds me. I grew up in green.
TK:
What kind of opportunity did you become an artist?
AB:
I think that I became an artist because of my grandmother. My grandmother taught me to read a book, but only gave me a book without a picture saying, "Because the picture is in the way." It is a book that only one picture on the cover. So since I was a child, I had been drawing my own illustrations in my favorite story. He imagined the hero and drew his face, imagining various scenes, and painting it. Now, this was a training to imagine and express.
TK:
Where do you get inspiration for your work?
AB:
There are two. One is a fairy tale. "Things" tells the story. I have a variety of ideas from the classical tale. Fairy tale is a means of bringing out beauty and surprise from ordinary everyday life. The other is natural. Nature will tell me the shape, color, and composition. Nature is a presence that gives you peace of mind, is a devised, and absolutely necessary. It is not an aggressive, not an impress, while giving the world's personality. They are like "signs" and are not excessive while giving many inspiration. Nature always gives us only the appropriate amount of energy.
TK:
Why did you decide to put plants and animals in glass?
( * She is known for her work with an object in the glass.)
AB:
I like to surprise people with unexpected places. It was my trademark.
TK:
Please tell me the process of making the work.
AB:
First, start drawing a lot of paintings with colored pencils and watercolor paint. At first, ignore the technical limits and draw freely as you imagine. After that, we will examine it realistically, modify the drawing, and adjust the details.
The color is a very important factor for my work, so I will put out all the colors I need to convey the story I am thinking at the sketch stage. Sometimes unusual colors. But I don't always get the color I want in the glass world, so I sometimes accept small compromises. But there is no change in the first suggested color. The most important thing is to be faithful to the first inspiration.
It takes about six months from the first drawing to the final form. After drawing by hand, it is elegant with 3D modeling to verify the feasibility and comfort of ideas. After this, various files that describe the details of the colors, dimensions, and structures will be created, and I will tell my intentions to the glass craftsman. Once the first prototype is completed, fix the details and go to the second, sometimes the third prototype. And if you get a satisfactory result, proceed to mass production.
TK:
What kind of place do you like in cacti?
( * Glasses with cactus objects are particularly popular)
AB:
Cacti is like a creature from an unknown planet. The shape, color, and development are completely different from other plants. When I design a cactus, I feel like I have become an explorer who discovers unknown creatures on an unknown island.
TK:
About the relationship between nature and glass
AB:
Blown glass seems to be plant growth and evolution of the universe. Natural elements have always been the source of inspiration for the masters of blowing glass. I immediately imagine the masters of Murano glass, such as Napoleone Marty Nuzi, Paolo Venini, Elcore Barovier, Furvio Bianconi, etc.
TK:
What is the difference between nature and humans?
AB:
Nature does not require humans, but we cannot imagine or create without nature.
TK:
Where do you like glass?
AB:
Transparency, unpredictable, coincidence, they make them feel like they have returned as a child.
The glass is fluid and easy to change, the transparent color is mixed infinitely and shines with the sunshine. Glass is optimized to create a mysterious object with a strong emotional impact.
TK:
Please tell me about the relationship between you and Japan.
AB:
I studied art at the academy in Turin, and then studied at the Domus Academy Industrial Design Department in Milan. At that time, I had the opportunity to residences in Gifu prefecture in Japan. After many years, I realized how this experience had affected me.
In a nutshell, in Japan, we create with kindness to achieve beauty. Also, everything around you is carefully made. Probably, this experience has a great influence on me, so I think that my work has changed somewhere in my work, and now Japanese people have discovered something Japanese in my work. increase.
TK:
Please tell us about your first collection "Greenwood".
AB:
This is still my favorite collection. This work expresses the environment where everything happens. It is like the background of the hero of the work. Mori is a place where fables, fantasy, and dreams are accumulated. All elements of nature such as berries, mushrooms, twigs, leaves, and flowers that can be taken in the forest are all made of hand -blown glass. Each item is differentNatural things are sticking together. These create an imaginary forest on the table.
TK:
Please tell us about the motif you want to try next.
AB:
I want to make a new work with an animal motif. I imagined that small animals in the forest were dancing gently around the daily necessities. I want to make a dance like a mysterious ritual that only animals know.
