The cooperation first came about in connection to Flétta ["Braid"], an exhibition that opened in last March during Iceland's Design March. Flétta aimed to bring about cooperations between different designers, allowing Hafsteinsdottir and Gudnadottir to join forces, weaving together porcelain and vegetable fibres so both materials would flow together in form and colour. The result is a dance of two partners, hard porcelain and soft fibre.
The Eldfell volcano serves as inspiration for the the pieces, as vibrant, illuminated fibres dance from the top of the earthenware ceramics. Like a volcano in concert, these pieces seek to capture the raw energy of nature and the beauty of light mediated through material. The fibres are arranged in a way that seeks to emulate the volcano's sublime and unpredictable movements, freezing them in time.
