Many of us think that a table is a simple board with 4 legs and that it is impossible to reinvent it, but Italian designer Daniela Forti has own vision of a modern table design.

The artist creates her works of art in a rather unusual technique. She uses a unique method of working with glass. A special degree of heating and cooling allows creating elegant glass tables that remind of a familiar sea creature.

Daniela Forti calls her creations “jellyfish” because of their wavy tentacles, the beautiful shapes of which are formed manually from a high-quality molten glass. In her hands, the fragile material becomes unbreakable and powerful. It challenges the forces of gravity in these breathtaking sculptures.

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The designer lives and works among the rolling hills of Chianti, Tuscany since 1972. Through the years, she developed and implemented her personal perception of the materials. Her glass-fusion technique is absolutely innovative and exceptional. The combination of fantasy, colors, transparency, and forms is simply stunning.

Through collaboration with various Tuscan glasswork, Daniela Forti strengthened her expertise in the correlation between light and glass. Her works of art decorate various places from prestigious shops to sacred and religious places, securing notable praises, both from the Italian and international public.

 

The brilliant and artistic table design proves that designers are still able to find and create new ways to turn tables into real works of art that can be used, not just admired.

Daniela Forti has a permanent exhibition of glass jewelry at the Palazzo Tucci Hotel in Lucca. Be sure to visit if you will be passing through Tuscany! You will definitely be surprised by what kind of wonder you can get from the glass art.

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