Agapecasa VARIAZIONI Marble vase

Designed between 1966 and 1971, Variazioni is a project about method rather than form.‎ Mangiarotti established a process: a single irregular, wave-like contour in marble, and a set of rules for its execution that can generate endless variations.‎ What those rules produced in practice only the carver could determine — the handling of the material, the exact radii, the transitions between surfaces.‎ Rather than a fixed, repeatable object, the result is a field of related but never identical pieces, each one a distinct interpretation of the same origin.‎ Carved from white Carrara or black Marquina marble through a precise milling process that reveals the natural grain of the stone, Variazioni stands at the point where design method and sculptural practice become indistinguishable.‎ Further info from manufacturer on VARIAZIONI Agapecasa