studio job: piece for peace

‘piece for peace’ by studio job in association with val saint lambert images courtesy of studio job

val saint lambert established in seraing, near liège, belgium, has been handcrafting crystal since 1826. each of their pieces are mouth-blown and hand-cut by the company’s craftsmen. well-known for their double-colored and cut crystal, they frequently collaborate and engage with international designers to fuse the age-old artisan craft with a more contemporary aesthetic sensibility. following this philosophy, they have partnered up with the belgian-dutch design studio job (nynke tynagel and job smeets) to produce ‘piece for peace’ a statuesque object for herman van rompuy (president of the european council, brussels) to stand as a centrepiece for his administrative office.

a craftsman working on the crystal components of ‘piece for peace’ image courtesy of val saint lambert

distinctively studio job, the statuesque piece is made from polished bronze, colored and cut crystal that sits on a plinth made from indian rosewood measuring 66 x 200 x 66cm, and has the hybrid appearance of a teapot and a vase. a bronze cast of the hand symbol for peace  tops off the work. it stands at 2-metres-high and took no fewer than 300 hours to produce.

polishing the crystal neck of the vessel image courtesy of val saint lambert

image courtesy of studio job

image courtesy of studio job