Bulb Bullée
2020
With
master glassblower Gert Bullée of the National Glass Museum Leerdam, a bell is
blown on a copper blowpipe. Copper and glass have the same shrinkage, so during
cooling the glass remains firmly attached to the blowpipe. The wooden mold in
which the bell is blown then serves as the base for the lamp.
A specially made lighting source, with a lifespan of 50.000 hours, is then
ingeniously inserted into the blowpipe and the technical installation is then
hidden in the wooden mold.
For good stability, the base of the table and floor lamp is weighted with
wrapped recycled lead, from a power cable that was located at the bottom of the
North Sea.
The bulb bullée collection consists of three models: a wall-, table- and
floor lamp, all in a numbered edition of 100. The wooden mold is made of
black stained elm wood. In addition to this version, there is a numbered
edition of 10 with a natural pear-wooden mold. The pear tree used for these
molds grew close to Christien's studio and the National Glassmuseum
Leerdam.
COMMISSIONED BY:
t.e.
SPECIAL CREDITS:
LedLabel,
Kuperus & Gardenier, Gert Bullée, National Glass Museum, Roxal BV.
FILM: Roel van Tour, music by: Vova Antoniv
