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 “DURALEX  Glasses  Exhibition”  

The  most  copied  glass  in  the  world  find  a  new  life  exclusive  for  Belleville  

             

Featuring  12  international  artists  ⏐  Exhibition  :  July  15th  ti  27th  August  2011  

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Belleville   Boutique   &   Café   is   a  French,   independent   concept  store  bringing  French  charm  and  style  to  shopping  experience  and  a  coffee.  With   a   style   boutique,   an   art  gallery  and  a  coffee,  the  venue  is  

located   in   the   borders   of   the   luxurious  Notting  Hill   area   and  vibrant  atmosphere  of  Portobello  road  in  London.    The   front   section   of   the   boutique   is   a   display   space   for  creations   through   Belleville’s   collaborations   with   artists.   The  Belleville  team  invites  artists  to  create  unique  pieces  according  to  a  monthly  theme.  This  area  in  the  shop  is  the  platform  for  these   individual   creations   and   Belleville   has   committed   to  producing   limited   edition   runs   of   the   products   that   are  interesting  to  customers.  The  artists  benefit  from  access  to  the  raw  materials,   exposure   of   their   work   and   income   from   the  sales.    

   The   first   of   these   themed   exhibitions   starts   in   July.   Belleville  has   invited   twelve   artists   to   create   objects   using   the   iconic  French   Duralex   glasses.   Future   themes   include   cushions   ,  vintage  tapestries,  and  the  Eiffel  Tower  .    We   carefuly   selected   bright   young   talents   and   collaborated  with  all  kind  of  artists  ;  painters,  designers,  fashion,  graphists,  illustrators,   ceramists,   sculptors,   photographers,   fine   arts,  mixed   media   artists…   Their   challenge   is   to   create   an   object  usable  but  arty  to  be  able  to  become  fashionable  as  well  as  a  hot  item.      In   these   turbulent   times   it   is   more   challenging   than   ever   to  launch   a   career   in   art,   design   or   fashion.   Belleville   gives   the  opportunity  to  show  what  you  are  worth.  Our  philosophy  is  to  help   artists   to   promote   their   art,   to   find   a   place   in   a  market  place  overflowing  with  mass  produced  goods.  The  aim  is  also  to   build   relationships   with   brands   we   work   with,   introduce  their  creations  and  inspire  commissions.    

   

       

   

“DURALEX  Glasses  Exhibition”    

The  most  copied  glass  in  the  world  find  a  new  life  exclusive  for  Belleville    

 

Featured  Artists  :  SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS  

 Valerie  Von  Bechtolsheim  Alexandra  Abraham  Aurelie  Bourguet  Lakwena  Suit  Elena  Ferrato  Lisa  Pettibone  

Ceilidh  Stapelkamp  Melanie  Stapelkamp  Bridget  Harvey  Hervé  Vincent  Georgios  Ignation  Joshua  Leeson  

 

Elena Ferrato ⏐Product Designer and Artist Elena  Ferrato  is  Italian.  She  just  moved  in  London  with  a  degree  from  the  prestigious  University  of  Venice.  In   Italy   she   worked   with   the   famous   Spanish   designer   Patricia   Urquiola   in   Milan   and   for   Giopato   &  Coombes  in  Treviso.  She  also  assisted   the   Italian  visual  artist  Nico  Vascellari  and   is  an  active  Artist  with  her  metaphysical  and  disquieting  collages.    

  ‘Milky Way’ £480

    ‘Twigh Light’ £50 To £130

Hervé Vincent  ⏐  Designer Hervé  studied  law  but  started  his  career  in  the  glamorous  fashion  industry  in  Paris,  working  with  some  of  the  world’s  most  well    known  fashion  designers,  Yves  Saint  Laurent  and  Christian  Lacroix.  His  creative  mind  has   led  him   to   redesign   several   flats   and  homes,   redecorate  Belleville   and  present  his  own  work   for   the  Boutique.      

                                                         ‘Upside Down’ £55                  ‘Yoyo’ £45 ‘Cascade’ £120

For  him  any  object  can  be  reinvented  and  given  a  new  usage  or   form  by   its  owner  and  can  be  used  as  a  vase,  a  plate  candle  holder…  

Valerie von Bechtolsheim ⏐Product Designer    

Born   in   Germany   and   now   living   in   the   UK   for   the   last   28   years,   Valerie   von   Bechtolsheim   is   a  multidisciplinary  designer  based  in  London.  Valerie  worked  in  a  series  of   leading  design  studios,   including  Ron  Arad,  Habitat  and  in  recent  years,   in  close  collaboration  with  Rolf  Sachs,  creating  limited  edition  and  one-­‐off  conceptual  art  and  design  pieces   in  a   range  of  mediums   for  exhibitions  across   the  world.  Valerie  also   works   on   international   interior   projects   as   part   of   her   business   collaboration   with   her   architect  Brother,   creating   design-­‐led   commercial   and   domestic   interiors   and   architecture.

                                                                                                                                                             

‘Primary Memories’ £40

This   is   a   set   of   four   glasses,   each   individually   customised   with   fragments   of   illustrations   from   French  children’s  books,  with    each  highlighting  their  unique  mould  number.    Both  adults  and  children  can  engage  with  the  glass  by  searching  for  elements  of  stories  they  recognise,  and  each  glass   represents  one  of   the   key   colours  often  used   in   the   school   art   room….red,   yellow,   green  and  blue.  

‘Age is only a number’ 25£

The  mould  numbers  on  Duralex  glasses  reminds  me  of  days  in  the  school  canteen;  little  competitions  with  your  friends  to  see  who  had  the  higher  number  and  was  therefore  ‘older’.  With  this  series  of  tea  lights,   I  have   transformed  the  glasses  by   frosting   them,  making   them   look  and   feel  different,  while  keeping   their  iconic   look.   The   individual   numbers   are   then   enlarged   on   the   surface   of   the   glass,   creating   numerical  shapes  for  the  candle  light  to  pass  through.        

Josh Leeson  ⏐Product Designer      

   

Josh  Leeson  was  born  in  Yorkshire  and  grew  up  in  France.   He   graduated  with   distinction   in   Fine   Art  Photography   at   Newport   in   2002.   He   has   since  been   developing   his   design   skills   in   domestic   and  commercial   environments,   most   recently   in  making   hand   crafted   objects.   His   aesthetic  influences  are  informed  by  his  direct  surroundings;  often  incorporating  found  or  discarded  objects  within  the  design.    

‘Duralux-Lamp’ £1520 ‘Verre à pied’ £25

Alexandra Abraham ⏐Jewel Designer and PainterAfter   finishing   her   degree   in   woven   textile   design   Alexandra   sailed   the   Caribbean   for   a   year   on   a   75ft  schooner,   collecting   shells   and   memories.   Back   in   London   she   studied   specialist   decorative   painting  techniques,   worked   to   commission   and   taught   courses   at   local   art   schools.   Her   work   was   exhibited  regularly  in  London,  selected  for  the  Discerning  Eye  exhibition  and  shown  in  New  York,  Salt  Lake  City  and  ten  Japanese  cities  including  Tokyo  and  Osaka.    

Alexandra   has   also   created   an   exciting   range   of   dramatic,   embellished   and   completely   unique   bangles,  brooches,   chargers   and   napkin   rings   which   are   attracting   clients   from   Istanbul,   Shanghai   and   across  America   from   Santa   Barbara   to   Rhode   Islands.

       

Tall  £80  –  Small  £50      

For  these  glasses,  the  process,  combining  non  precious  gilding  metals  with  the  corrosive  power  of  vinegar.  The   decoration   varies   each   glass  was   treated   individually.   The   small   glasses   can   be   illuminated  with   tea  lights   and   the   large   ones   also   work   well   with   larger   candles,   or   as   vases.

         

Aurelie  Bourguet  ⏐Illustrator   Aurélie   Bourguet   was   born   in   Nice   in   1984.   She   spent   her   youth   under   the   sun   of   the   French   Riviera  surrounded  by  Franquin's  comics  and  cans  of  paint.  In  2008,  after  five  years  at  l'Ecole  Supérieure  des  Beaux  Arts  de  Marseille  and  a  degree  under  her  belt,  she  left  France  and  relocated  to  London.  For  Aurélie,  an  ideal  image   should  mix   the   nonchalant   elegance   of  Marcello  Mastroianni,   the   clumsiness   of   a  Monty   Python  sketch  and  the  rough  sex-­‐appeal  of  Jack  White.      

   

‘Shine a light’ £150  

     

       

     The   drawing   is   a   reflex   and   an   instrument.   A  magnifying   glass   that   allows   for   closer   image   by  focussing  on  reasons  or  elements.  Find   the   'good'  image  is  similar  to  a  strategy.  I  did  not  choose  it  for  what   it   is   but   in   terms   of   what   it   could   become.  The  fragments  that  compose  each  have  their  own  value  and  form  a  whole  that  may  be  changing.  No  statements   or   generalizations,   or   even   fixed  meanings:    rather  random  leaps  and  a  motif  on  the  wrong  track.    Do  It  Yourself  -­‐Let's  do  pop-­‐corn  with  the  simplest  things.   I   get   eye-­‐catching   shapes   that   make   your  head   spin,   confined   lines   in   mannerist  entrenchments   and  modular  parts   as   kits.   Images  borrow   the   thickness   to   the   sculpture   while  maintaining  the  malleability  of  drawing.    

Bridget  Harvey    |  Designer      Bridget  Harvey   trained   in   textile  design  and  has  gone  on   to  be  a  maker  of  objects.     She  mainly  works   in  wood,  textiles  and  silver  using  traditional  and  modern  techniques.      

                                   

               ‘Trailers’ £110  

For  this  project  Bridget  Harvey  decided  not  to  alter  the  glasses  themselves  but  to  enhance  them.          

The  hand  carved  and  dyed  maple-­‐wood  knives  and  spoons  accompany  the  glasses  in  utility  for  eating.    She  has  also  created  cuffs   from  cotton   rope   to  protect   the  user  when  having  hot  drinks  and  a  maple   tray   to  house  the  glass  and  food.  

Lakwena  Suit  |  Graphic  Artist Trained  in  illustration  and  printing  at  the  University  of  the  Arts  London,  works  as  a  graphic  artist,  applying  a  variety   of   techniques   and   media   to   a   wide   range   of   projects,   undertaking   commissions   from   painting  barbershop  walls  to  leather  jackets.  She  is  particularly  interested  in  incorporating  typography  and  pattern  into  exciting  visual  statements,  often  expressing  lyrics  and  poetry  through  her  work.    

                 

'Wedding bells' £50

 

 

The  familiar  bridal  tradition  of  'Something  old,  something  new,  something  borrowed,  and  something  blue'  is  visualised  in  Lakwena's  'wedding  bells',  a  reminder  of  the  appropriated,  re-­‐invented  and  playful  nature  of  the  pieces.  Inspired  by  the  French  school  game  of  taking  the  age  defined  by  the  number  in  the  base  of  your  Duralex  glass,  in  the  same  way  these  bells  for  Belleville  Boutique  symbolise  a  rite  of  passage  and  a  passing  of  time.    

 

Georgiosi  Ignation  |  Designer    

Georgiosi   is   a   lighting   design   studio   based   in  North   London.   Established   in   2005.   Early  works   from  2002  include  large  scale  event  lighting  performances  with  wind  surfer  light  objects  for  some  of  London's  largest  raving   venues.   Later  works   from  2005   include   the  OWL   -­‐  Objects  With   Light   variety   designed   and  hand-­‐made  by  Georgiosi.  

                       

‘Lanterns’ £50

Ceilidh  Stapelkamp    |  Designer    

Ceilidh  has  a  scientist  and  an  artist   inside  her.  They  fight  all  the  time  but  both  came  out  to  play  with  the  duralex  glasses.  Ceilidh  and  her  mum  have  already  created  exclusive  products   like  cushions,   candles  and  chairs  under  the  Crab  &  Fish  Design  label.  

‘Oddities’                       ‘This is where I put my pen’ £60  

‘Dog days’ £45

Melanie  Stapelkamp    |  Designer     Melanie   is  an   interior  designer.  The  Duralex  project  was  a   chance   to   step  away   from  the   task  of  making  other  people's  homes  beautiful  and  try  to  make  something  imaginative  out  of  everyday  objects.  

Melanie  and  her  daughter  have  already  created  exclusive  products  like  cushions,  candles  and  chairs  under  the  Crab  &  Fish  Design  label.  

‘Elegant wine glass’ £60 ‘Candle holder’ £80