As the glass masters in Murano skillfully inflate molten glass in a bubble with the aid of a blowpipe, the atoms in molten glass are held together by strong chemical bonds in a disordered and random network, it is therefore viscous enough to be blown and gradually harden as it loses heat.

The molten glass acts as the milieu in which forms materialise, reminiscent of the Azoic era when the first rocks formed and gave the first signs of life.

As glassmaking requires “real-time” production, every piece is made in one go and the date of production becomes a part of the vase’s character.

Each Azoici vase is hand-engraved by Babled with its production date and his signature, eternalising the vase's identity.

Babled has been collaborating with Anfora for almost 30 years and this alliance continues to flourish project after project. It's essential that master and designer understand each other perfectly to ensure they are envisioning the same final result, as everything happens at lightning speed in the production process...

Rapid and precise gestures from the master in perfect synchronisation with their team and the designer.

Azoici S vases emerged as a variant of the original Azoici Collection of unique pieces by Emmanuel Babled. They are domestic-friendly version, smaller in size and produced as a series of 8 with the use of a mold.

Extracted from these glass works are the enlarged macro details Abstract Abyss. These photographic abstractions capture the innermost quality of glass via the primal sense of form, colour and line.

Abstract Abyss, captured by photographer Valentina Zanobelli, explores the relationship between bi-dimensional digital innovation and the virtuous materiality of glass, an aesthetic statement using photographic techniques of the utmost quality.

The delicate glass surface, which oscillates between transparency and opacity, is captured, isolated and transposed onto a bi-dimensional surface which acts as an abstract, visual and sensory portal into the very nature of the material.