long, beautiful
attention to details.
a slow
long, beautiful
attention to details.
images:
1. Roy Arden, trickle down 2010, sculpture
2 Elise Gabriel, at Galerie Gosserez, is a young French designer. Presenting a series of furniture (table, chair and lights) whose main theme is researching Zelfo, a new material composed of cellulose* whose great propensity to reduce, to model itself on curvilinear shapes and to embrace the material, allows it to fit tightly round and to assemble together the elements on which it dries. The extremely radical formatting therefore brings to the forefront all of the material’s mechanical, plastic and symbolic power. (text taken from Galerie Gosserez site!)
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What is Zelfo?
Developed in Austria ten years ago, Zelfo is an innovative and patented material which presents the market with a unique combination of ecological, aesthetic and mechanical properties. It is composed of 100% cellulose fibres, rapidly renewable plant extracts (hemp, miscanthus, etc.) and/or cellulose rich waste, like paper or fabric. Zelfo is therefore 100% biodegradable. On leaving the refining factories, the cellulose fibres are submerged in water: they are filtered; ground; then pressed and dried. Once dried, any finish is possible: Zelfo may be shaped into many forms, whilst still retaining its high density (from 0.5 to 1.5g/cm3) and great resistance, as well as it qualities of delicacy, satin-finish and opalescence.
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