vases

Childhood memories, forgotten boxes and mysterious drawers. Small things, talismans, fetishes. From them grew the Relics collection. Small things that you are comfortable with. Things that you want next to yourselves. Finally, these feelings turned into the whole collection and gave its name as well. Its character is given by hand engraving through a gilded or platinum layer.

It is based on the tradition of ancient ceramics. It uses its simplicity and smoothness of shapes which at the same time opens up possibilities for experimentation with decorative painting and hand engraving. Each piece has an individual approach.

Childhood memories, forgotten boxes and mysterious drawers. Small things, talismans, fetishes. From them grew the Relics collection. Small things that you are comfortable with. Things that you want next to yourselves. Finally, these feelings turned into the whole collection and gave its name as well. Its character is given by hand engraving through a gilded or platinum layer.

It is based on the tradition of ancient ceramics. It uses its simplicity and smoothness of shapes which at the same time opens up possibilities for experimentation with decorative painting and hand engraving. Each piece has an individual approach.

Jars decorated with gold are a continuation of the Czech Dream collection where the author worked with crystal cut. A slightly ironic increase in the value with the "hallmark" of exceptionality (gold) is a reaction to cheap and easily replaceable mass products, to which their owners have no relation. By confronting traditional domestic production and alienated machine production, Patrik Illo sarcastically points out the pseudo-luxury and impersonality of the things we use every day.

Jars decorated with gold are a continuation of the Czech Dream collection where the author worked with crystal cut. A slightly ironic increase in the value with the "hallmark" of exceptionality (gold) is a reaction to cheap and easily replaceable mass products, to which their owners have no relation. By confronting traditional domestic production and alienated machine production, Patrik Illo sarcastically points out the pseudo-luxury and impersonality of the things we use every day.

The vase is part of a larger project that deals with the possibilities of decorating glass and transfers them to a new position. Ornament is usually created consciously with the aim of beautifying the object in order to increase its attractiveness. There are also various techniques that aim to mask the decay that occurs naturally in production. This project reproduces various unconscious mechanical processes, physical and chemical reactions that randomly arise around us (a scratched floor from shoes, a structure created by scraping a wall, spilled water, oxidation of metals...) and transfers them to objects. NEW ORNAMENTAL objects are decorated with high enamel, which is traditionally in the form of plastic flowers. In this case, it is layered with a spatula and its task is to cover the largest possible surface of the glass. The decor is then complemented by 24-karat gold.