The passage from the drawing to the glass that exists only as glass, always seems a miraculous one. So miraculous that I don’t really know where I come into the picture at all, since I’m not somebody who works miracles...

The passage from the drawing to the glass that exists only as glass, always seems a miraculous one. So miraculous that I don’t really know where I come into the picture at all, since I’m not somebody who works miracles.

Sometimes I think that if I design something in glass - and not only in glass - I may also try to leave some trace, some sign of this new perception that gives me perhaps a broader, certainly more complex, definitely less conceited idea of existence. Perhaps now I can leave a few signs, at least a few signs of affection, for all those ghosts drifting in from the past and from the future to crowd my time.

Glass

by Ettore Sottsass

Glass for the 8th Triennale of Milan, 1947

Glass for Vistosi, 1974

Glass for Memphis (first series), 1982-83

Glass for Memphis (second series), 1986

" 15 Lamps for Yamagiwa" Series, 1990

"Rovine" Series, 1992

Glass for Bischofberger Gallery, 1994

"Big and Small Works" Series, 1995

"27 legni per un fiore artificiale cinese" Series, 1995

Glass for Venini, 1997

"Esercizi e Capricci" Series, 1998

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Museums & Galleries

List of Glass Works

List of Drawings for Glass

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