Gardeco Objects CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Blown glass sculpture

Close Encounters is a blown glass sculpure of the Belgian artist and renowned architect Stefan Schöning.‎ The idea for Close encounters arose at the beginning of the covid-19 pandemic.‎ Governments took measures that made people feel safe, but also quite lonely and estranged from one another.‎ Rather than to portray distance, the artist decided to concretise the opposite: closeness.‎ Schöning consciously selected glass as a medium for Close encounters, as it can be mouth blown and its properties allow two ‘bubbles’ to cling to each other.‎ Besides this, the transparency of the work and complementary colours enhance the effect of attraction.‎ The work of Stefan Schöning is handmade in the artisanal studio, Cá D'oro.‎