Cinder Bloom
VOLUME 3
Black and charcoal don’t usually suggest lush. But volcanic places — Hawaii, Iceland, Santorini and Mount Etna — the ancient ones, are among the greenest on earth.
We gathered materials that carry that contradiction. Dark, dense, alive.
We kept them and transformed them.
Sunflower field in Provence, France. Photo: Krislyn Komarov
There are materials that carry the memory of extreme conditions. Concrete formed by hand. Lava stone formed by earth. Fresh botanicals formed by the season.
Cinder Bloom is dark and alive.
Proprietary materiality mixes. Always evolving, sampling and testing.
'“ALBERTO” CANDLESTICKS — KEPT LA
Concrete over wire armature worked to hold a stem, a candle. Deconstructed blossoms modified to stand the heat.
Often in our work we reconsider materials that have already survived something.
CONCRETE SHALLOW BOWL WITH HAND-FORMED CONCRETE FORMS. SHOWN WITH DECONSTRUCTED FRESH SUNFLOWERS.
HAND FORMED CONCRETE CUP DESIGNED TO SIT WITHIN A TAPER CANDLE HOLDER. HAND PAINTED LINEN.
CONCRETE SHALOW BOWL WITH VOLCANIC CANDLESTICKS AND CEMENT CUP INSERT.
CINDER BLOOM — FORMS
VOLCANIC CANDLESTICKS
Hand-worked volcanic rock. Each form is unique, informed by the natural structure of the stone.
CONCRETE, SHALLOW BOWL WITH FINE ORGANIC EDGE.
HAND-SCULPTED CONCRETE CANDLESTICKS OVER UPCYCLED ARMATURE.
California bush sunflower, Los Angeles hills.
Some things are worth keeping.
— The Edit, Vol. 3