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revealing Variation as the final result of
this project. With the latter, the company
inaugurated the new REFIN DTS -
Daring Art Explorations path of artistic
collaborations curated by Valentino
Catricalà, which will be renewed annually
with internationally renowned artists.
Glint Variation is the collection of
unique ceramic pieces resulting from the
four-handed experimentation undertaken
by the company with Quayola.
A celebration of the Masterpiece work
presented last April, and directly inspired
by it, Variation represents the technical
and material contamination between the
artist and the Refin Laboratory, expressing
the audacity in exploring new worlds and
experimenting with new possibilities for
porcelain stoneware.
As Quayola explains, “Glint is first
and foremost a research, a process. Both
the sculpture Glint and the Variations To do so, the company undertook a and geometric complexity means that it
document my study of the relationship long process with the artist made up of can create very different light effects. It is
between light and complex geometries. tests, trials, and continuous comparisons an object that you cannot capture well, it
My idea was to crystallise the light effects to explore new production techniques, changes shape and appearance depending
on the surface of the water in a physical and a special ceramic mould was designed on the light conditions and the point of
and tangible object." that allowed for the pressing of a bas-relief view from which you observe it, and this
The research path for the development structure. is what makes it special in my opinion."
of the Glint ceramic variation was "Glint Variations are like several works "It was an interesting synergy," he
complex and extremely stimulating. The in one - there is no precise dimension. adds. "On one hand, my slightly naive
real challenge for Refin was to be able Being modular, the different pieces can and dreamy approach, and on the other,
to reproduce a structure that recreated be assembled together, arriving at a scale, their ambition to go beyond the limits and
the geometry developed by Quayola if you like, immersive," says Quayola. succeed in finding solutions that could
to represent the ripples of water on the "Glint is an object with a static geometry, generate this result."
surface of the porcelain stoneware. of course, but its level of light reflection
Technical sheet
• A collection of sculptural pieces in
porcelain stoneware in 30x30cm and
30x60cm formats with a thickness
of 20mm, with black glazed surfaces
and edges.
• Glint Variation 30x30cm is made
up of 4 different subjects and can be
inserted into interior design projects
as a composition of pieces of art
or to create scenographic full-wall
coverings.
• Glint Variation 30x60cm format is
instead a single subject, proposed
as a single piece of art produced in
a limited edition of 99 pieces and
delivered with a numbered certificate
of authenticity. dw

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