Tricol­ore Vase SH2

The Tricol­ore Vase SH2, designed by Sebas­t­ian Herkner for &Tradition, is a study in the optical prop­er­ties of glass and color. The set comprises two cylin­dri­cal vessels of differ­ing heights and diam­e­ters, rendered in amber and lapis tones. Each piece is mouth-blown using tradi­tional tech­niques to achieve a uniform density and precise, fire-polished edges.

The vases are intended for use either as inde­pen­dent objects or as a nested compo­si­tion. When placed together, the trans­parency of the glass allows the primary colors to overlap, creat­ing a third, shift­ing hue that varies accord­ing to the angle and inten­sity of the ambient light. The result­ing form relies on mate­r­ial clarity rather than orna­ment, focus­ing on the inter­sec­tion of geom­e­try and chro­matic depth. Subtle vari­a­tions inher­ent in the glass-blowing process mark each vessel as an indi­vid­ual produc­tion, empha­siz­ing the indus­trial yet arti­sanal nature of the series.