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SZKŁO STUDIO

SZKŁO STUDIO

Aleksandra Zawistowska is an artist and designer working at the intersection of art, architecture, and material experimentation. Educated in Warsaw, Lisbon, and Amsterdam, she holds Master’s degrees in both Art and Architecture. During her studies at the Sandberg Instituut, she founded Szkło Studio, a practice dedicated to glass as a medium of exploration rather than perfection. Her work has earned international recognition, including being listed in Architectural Digest AD100 and Dwell’s Best Emerging Designers.

Zawistowska’s practice is primarily centered on blown glass, approached through an intuitive and organic process. Drawing inspiration from nature, geology, and the built environment, she creates functional glass sculptures that often challenge the physical limits of the material. Science, culture, and something more elusive coexist in her work, where form emerges through dialogue with heat, gravity, and chance.

At Szkło Studio, the glassblowing process holds equal importance to the final object. Traditional molds are deliberately avoided, allowing spontaneity to shape each piece. Beauty is redefined through imperfection, unpredictability, and material honesty.

Szkło, meaning "glass" in Polish, consists of collectible design objects hand-blown by Aleksandra alongside a team of skilled craftsmen. Each piece is unique, celebrating diversity rather than uniformity. The process often begins with conceptual sketches defining function, followed by an open-ended making phase using improvised molds built from bricks, wood, or stone. Traces of these materials are sometimes captured within the glass itself, becoming visible layers of memory.

After forming, the pieces cool slowly before being refined through sanding and polishing in the cold workshop, revealing transparency, brilliance, and light refraction. Established in 2022 with her brother Wojciech Zawistowski, Szkło Studio proposes a quieter relationship with objects, one that favors fewer possessions, deeper attention, and the transformation of everyday gestures such as eating and drinking into tactile, sensory experiences.