Fredericia - Hydro Glass Vase, mouth blown crystalline glass

Hydro Vase Glass.

The Fredericia Hydro vase is Sofie's Østerby modern interpretation of the well-known vases from Greek Antiquity, after ceramics and brass now available in Crystal glass.

With the launch of the aesthetic Hydro vase in oxidised sand-cast brass and the exclusive Locus bowl in travertine in 2020, the Danish designer Sofie Østerby has left her distinctive mark on Fredericia’s Complement design collection. Now the Hydro series is being expanded with two variants in mouth-blown glass.

With Hydro, Østerby references classic ceramic vases and ancient Greek vessels. Made from mouthblown crystalline glass using traditional techniques by skilled craftspeople, the shape still resembles traditional iconic pottery in a new material that brings a modern take on the traditional vessel.

It is essential to designer Sofie Østerby that what we surround ourselves with has a long shelf life. Timelessness, texture, and material nature are all guiding principles in Østerby’s work.

The products are created from a ‘hands-on’ method, emphasising material sources, connectedness, memories, history, and narration. Østerby incorporates a base anchored in the cultural history and heritage and works with a clear aesthetics idiom. The works accommodate both a strict geometry and a structured rawness. They appear timeless, as objects created centuries ago and in the future simultaneously.

Glass dimensions: small Ø15 H20 cm. Weight 0.9 Kg. large Ø22.5 H30 cm. Weight 2.1 Kg. Brass: small: Ø15 H20 cm. Weight 2.8 cm. large: Ø22.5 H30 cm. Weight 5 kg.

Material: mouth blown Crystalline glass or cast brass. 

About the designer:

There’s something inexplicably intriguing about Sofie Østerby’s work. Whether it’s a vase, bowl, chair or lamp. Conceived using bronze, steel, travertine or polyurethane. There’s magic in how she mixes the innate beauty of materials with the aesthetic impact of a shape.

There’s something inexplicably intriguing about Sofie Østerby’s work. Whether it’s a vase, bowl, chair or lamp. Conceived using bronze, steel, travertine or polyurethane. There’s magic in how she mixes the innate beauty of materials with the aesthetic impact of a shape.

The result is something sculptural and functional with a presence that compels you to come closer. Merging traditional crafts with modern techniques, Østerby explores the physical properties of both natural and industrial materials, experimenting with raw and refined surfaces, textures, tones and finishes in her intuitive process of obtaining a unique corporeality.