The Perfect Union
Every year in the coldest weeks of the winter season, strange sculptures begin to appear in the fields all over the island. It is the moment for grafting.
Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins. Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins.
Cruciu Vase
in collaboration with Sam Baron and Walter Usai
€ 240,00
Following on a series of vases made with Mexican artisans, Sam Baron continues his exploration into what makes an object belong to a certain territory. Cruciu (short) Vase is a verson of the humble terracotta water jug found throughout the world, throughout time. With only simple suggestion on form and construction, Baron asks artisans from various parts of the world to create these jugs in their own style. The differences between the resulting jugs is a dual signifier: that we all are born of the same ancestry, that our unique cultures make us richer.
*The gray glaze is made from leftover glazes from the Usai studio. It is, therefore, uncontrollable and has an original tint to it every time.
Materials:
Tuscan terracotta with unleaded glaze
Width 22 cm - Depth 19 cm - Height 48 cm
Most pieces are made to order. All measurements are approximate as each vase is handmade by our artisans.