The liquid glass is blown into various shaped and sized birdcages serving as the moulds for this process. Once the housings for colorful birds, the cages have transcended into objects and containers, where new life has been blown into them. Now they hold the colorful glass, reminiscent of the birds themselves.
Gala Fernández is a Spanish designer now living and working in México City. She has substantial international design experience, having lived in Italy, France, UK, Portugal and Spain and working with Jaime Hayón at Fabrica Benetton, as consultant with El Ultimo Grito, among many others while pursuing her own investigative design work. Gala is also partner and consultant at Abierto Méxicano de Diseño, the México City Design Festival, founded in 2013.
Intimacy and fragility framed by iron bars