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Martín Azúa: Wellspring
With this series of experimental vases, the Barcelona-based designer claims an integration of natural processes in everyday life, and of life inside objects.
Barcelona-based designer Martín Azúa has recently completed the Wellspring project, a series of experimental porous vases that continue his research onto porous materials that collect traces of natural presence. The designer describes the project as an "invitation to investigate and understand the natural processes to restore the relationship with the environment." The project simulates an ecosystem, with soil, rocks and plants, which are nurtured by a constant interaction with water.
Martín Azúa, Wellspring vases, 2013
The project is currently on display at Barcelona's Roca Gallery, as part of the "Biomimesis, design inspired by nature" exhibition. Wellspring follows upon some of Azúa's previous investigations, such as Natural Finish (1999) a series of porous ceramic jars placed in river beds that collected natural stains; the Nest House (2003); the forest’s memory (2006), an installation made of IKEA that sought to visualise the natural origin of everything that surrounds us; a technological grotto at the SED pavilion, Expo Zaragoza (2008); and Species in evolution (2008) an installation for Roca presenting the design of a grotto-like bathroom, where technology collides with nature.
