final exhibition in CPH - tada!

the final exhibition of our work was presented along side the other design students from this summer's Danish Institute for Study Abroad (DIS) at the beautiful Architecture School of the Royal Academy.
my work...
our final assignment was to create a centerpeice bowl for which i made a bowl which drapes ontop of an oversized beaded necklace. the bowl is not attached to the beads so that it can be picked up and moved around the necklace.
the series on the right are double walled vessels - they were made by first blowing a bubble (bottle) and then reheating the bottom, sucking in rather then blowing to make the bottom convexed, then adding hot glass to the bottom and inserting peiced of wood and graphit to form and distort the glass inside. i would have loved more time to keep creating these abstract worlds inside a bottle.

i found this pinecone-like flower to suite my graal vase nicely


other then glass, DIS had a furniture program (which each student designs and makes a chair) and an architecture program. here are some of my favorites...


tawney hixson's chair (above), studiomate at Pratt


Binsei Numao, also a Pratt Studiomate
note that they only had two weeks in the shop to make the chair + all of his joints are hand carved(!)


Il Rae Kim's chair, also a studiomate at Pratt
with a built in foot rest

Yoshiko Iobe, a Pratt Interior Design Masters student


wonder if this doorway (below) at school influenced the chair this design

"hi hi" bornholm

i will miss many things on this little Danish island...

my classmates + spacious workspace
Bornholm's metal scrap yard
biking (with Marian and Leah)

stunning sunsets over the Baltic Sea

my favorite wall in Nexo
the sweltering heat while standing in front of the glass furnace
this beer label
my favorite plate to eat toast on at school
the mugs made by the ceramic students at school - the kitchen housed tons of them

all of the SWEETS - including this carrot cake Uffa would bring us on Fridays

exhibition on bornholm

last week, before packing everything up and returning to Copenhagen, we had a little reception at the school on Bornholm...


the gallery hall - each of us selected some work to present
my display



a drink made with a local berry - i wish i could have bottled it up and brought some home
Johanne, Assistant Director of the DIS Architecture and Design Program with her adorable kids, and Jacob
classmates Karina, Bonnie (both from the University of Kansas) and Marian (from the Danish Design school)
traditional open faced sandwiches - tasty
Azusa and me (looking funny)
an amazing design by Paul Smith - printed knitwear
on the top of my list of favorite technicians, Uffa

some work by my classmates...
Katie, Sculpture major from Illinois Wesleyan University
Leah, Art Direction major from Pratt - a cake platter inspired by Marie Antoinette
she made all these amazing little cakes herself
ahh the sprinkles - well done!
Azusa, from my program at Pratt!
love that little shot glass that hangs off the edge of the table
also by Katie
Carrie, Jewelry major from Pratt
Marian, Grad student in Glass at the Danish Design School
her inspiration came from hour glasses, megaphones, and gramaphones
Caroline, Sculpture major from University of Maryland College Park
Leah again
this bowl holds tiny vase using magnets, the form was inspired by jellyfish