A Glimpse of Inner Light
Flare
by Kateřina Handlová
The beam inside BOMMA’s Flare lights its minimalist glass rods from within. This collection,
designed by Kateřina Handlová, pays homage to traditional glassmaking techniques and
allows architects and designers to create distinctive lighting installations for diverse spaces.
The crystal rods are manually pulled, so each piece is an original with a unique swirl of light
spiraling through its interior. The glassmakers pull the piece into a desired length, stretching
the glass fragments across the interior of the glass rod. This creates a magical texture inside
the rod, seemingly its own Universe, flaring every time a switch is flipped. The collection
includes glass rods in three shapes, one perfectly straight and two bent in varying degrees.
They can be infinitely combined to create custom installations.
Artistic Installation Sacred Enlightenment
in the St. Salvator Church, Czechia
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