Posted by Joshua
Shows | 12 Dec 06 | Comments (5) | Stumble
Englerglass, a Pittsburgh company, has been making one of a kind objects since 2003. Flamework artist Dylan Engler and interior designer Amy Otto have an eye for what people want. As soon as I found a break in the crowd around their booth, I took a closer look at their tabletop product. Jw
The One of a Kind Show is primarily a fine art and craft fair - a place where you're bound to find more traditional work than contemporary. Within that spectrum you can find many crossover objects - product that is functionally focused on traditional appeal but that aesthetically or procedurally strives for modernity. This is already hard enough to deal with, considering how much of our current design trends relate almost entirely to historic styles; add in the goal of selling your work, and design becomes much more difficult.
The "Splash" and "Web" bowls by Englerglass are good examples of success within this trend:
Splash Bowl.
Web Bowl.
Organic, but usably structural.
Each piece is unique, but not chaotic, which makes the design more familiar.
I really like the web, the splash is great, but the web is amazing. I can see why their table was so crowded.
Hmm, this is interesting. Having actually worked at the Toronto One of a Kind show several times, I was not expecting to see pieces like this. I look forward to seeing more ...
You spelled PittsburgH incorrectly.
Oops, noted and changed. Thanks!
This is just awesome work, the best that I have seen in a very long time. I can understand why their booth was packed. I would have been there had I been at the show. Very exciting stuff.