Clown

The Clown vase belongs to the Narcissus collection, which consists of silver mirrored vases with hand-painted portraits made of densely blown and broken glass.

The vases consist of two parts: the inner vase, created by a special silver plating technology, and its shell with the portrait. The artist first painted the outer parts of the vases with portraits of people we meet every day. They laugh, chew a chewing gum, send air kisses or wonder about something. Marieta then smashed the portrait parts with a hammer to achieve the fragmentation that connects the viewer's image to the painting. Each one is original in painting, colour combination and breakage, so each motif exists only once.

Product information

Designer: Marieta Tedenac
Dimensions: 28 × 39 cm
Material: coral red, ocean blue, silver, glass

Marieta Tedenac

Narcissus are vases where the visitor’s face turns into a reflection on the surface of the vase. They refer to selfportrait as a phenomenon in the history of painting. The forms themselves are inspired by the shape of the human head. The inner shape, which was created by a special technique of silvering, is surrounded by a broken shell of the external opaque vase. The exterior, more archaic – looking shapes were painted with oldmaster motives from Rembrandt’s and Georges de la Tour’s paintings. They are constrasting with the motive of Ironhide, which was taken out from the contemporary popculture. I broke these painted shapes with a hammer to achieve the fragmentation. This effect makes a penetration of the painted parts with the reflection of the reality possible. The blending of two layers of time happens.