Blow & Anneal
Molten borosilicate gathers on the blowpipe at 1180°C. Ninety seconds of breath, then a slow anneal in a furnace tuned by ear.
Cells form as geology reveals itself — each hexagon a crystalline record of altitude, hand, and hour. What follows is not a catalogue but a mosaic of provenance.
Hand-blown borosilicate, chrome-dipped stopper, leather collar stitched in Bern.
Full-grain leather, vegetable-tanned 9 months. Side-lit to reveal patina.
"The mountain does not make itself known all at once. It reveals by degrees — ridge, then shoulder, then summit — the way a vessel reveals its weight only when held."
— Studio Notebook, vii · MMIIA quarter-thousand vessels. Numbered by hand at the studio bench.
Source water drawn at 2600m, bottled within forty minutes of spring.
Molten borosilicate gathers on the blowpipe at 1180°C. Ninety seconds of breath, then a slow anneal in a furnace tuned by ear.
The stopper receives seven micron-layers of chromium, each cured under UV. The result is a mirror that does not tarnish, even in alpine air.
The leather collar is stitched by hand, two needles at once, waxed linen thread of 432 twist. Six stitches per centimeter. No shortcut exists.
The edition number is struck in blind foil beneath the collar — visible only when the vessel is unfastened. A private signature between maker and keeper.
Two hundred and fifty vessels. Forty-seven spoken for. The remaining are reserved in order of inquiry, with no premium for haste. Correspondence is by letter or by measured request.