THE IDEA OF A MOULD IS TO DEFINE A SPACE FOR MATERIAL TO EXPRESS ITSELF IN WHERE MATERIAL ACTS AS SUBJECT AND, CONVERSELY, IS SUBJECTED TO ITS ENVIRONMENT BY RESTRAINT.
THIS SUBJECT-OBJECT SHIFT IS THE MOMENT OF CONVERSION, OF INTERACTION, DESCRIBED BY THE TERM ‘RAUMERFAHRUNG’.

TWO MAIN SOURCES OF FORCE ARE AT PLAY GENERATING AN EXCHANGE DRIVEN BY THE NEED TO EXPRESS: NATURE VERSUS MAKER. IN OTHER TERMS, THE INTUITION INHERENT TO THE MATERIAL WITH ITS INTERNAL LOGIC VERSUS EXTERNALLY-INDUCED CONTROL.
GRADUALLY INFLATING GLASS IS PHYSICALLY ENCLOSED, IMPEDED AND RESTRAINT BY AN ENVIRONMENT OF CONFRONTING NAILS – A TOOL WHICH SYMBOLISES FORCEFUL GESTURE; EMBODIES POTENTIAL TO OVERCOME RESISTANCE, TO JOIN AND TO GIVE SHAPE AT LAST.