GEO VASE / ART EDITION (MIDNIGHT BLUE)

Color:

Midnight blue

Rene Lalique refreshed the art of crystal-making by introducing new styles, first Art Nouveau then Art Deco. He knew that his real material, the one he actually had to “sculpt,” was light. This ambition has been perpetuated in the Geo art edition by eight master craftsmen (Meilleurs Ouvriers de France), in line with house tradition. They chose the venerable “lost wax” technique, which the master himself had revived and updated.

The process, which originated in China 3,000 years ago, is used to cast bronze sculpture. Refractory plaster ismoulded around a wax model that melts during firing in the kiln. The hollow left in the mould is three-dimensional, ready to receive the crystal. In the case of Geo, the crystal remains in the kiln for 20 days.

Before firing Geo, the artisans carefully craft the circle in the centre, conceived by the architect as the “core” of the work. Here, Lalique’s expertise meshes perfectly with that of Botta. To describe his encounter with crystal, Botta quotes Le Corbusier: architecture is “the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light.” Geo confirms this, brilliantly.

Midnight blue crystal, lost wax

Limited edition to 8 copies + 2 H.C.

Numbered and signed, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

Handcrafted in France