Wood vases29. Nov2011
Wood vases is part of the experiment called The Iceland Project. The purpose of this project is to put together four designers from different countries (one is from Iceland) to work with local materials with local craftsmen and also to set up workshops for creating a series of objects that communicate the local customs and heritage.
Wood vases project concentrate on wood material trying to achieve more with less because mainly the wood used in Iceland is imported. Due to hard climatic conditions the larch and birch that grow in the country stay short and twisted and lots of waste is produce looking for the perfect wood board.
In order to use wood without wasting material, the well known technique of gluing short pieces of wood together is commonly used in Iceland. 
The team decided to celebrate this necessary technique by coloring the glue instead of hiding it. 
Experimenting with glue they were more and more able to control the lines and giving the glue an aesthetic value in the image of the final product. 
One of the early tests. 
Studies of various shapes. 
The Iceland Project consists in gathering together four international designers and putting them to stay and work as a team in a remote place from eastern Iceland called Egilsstaðir. The team includes a French, Dutch, German and an Icelandic and the plan was to work with local materials with local craftsmen and workshops to create a series of objects that communicate the local customs and heritage.Materials include: wool, wood, bones, antlers, aluminium and reindeer leather which are worked with local craftsmen and workshops; felting, sand casting, wood cutting, joinery, sewing and bone sculpting.
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