Hasta La Ideas

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pFact One: If there is a definitive Icelandic design trait, it is to be inspired by the unique topography of Iceland itself. /p

pFact Two: If volcanos were factories, Iceland would be the China of lava. Iceland’s volcanos are responsible for one-third of the world’s lava output./p

pOne object that very neatly and uniquely brings these two facts together is A HREF=”http://bjoss.com/” Jon Bjornsson’s Flower Eruption vases and bowls/A, made from black volcanic sand./p

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pIn a country with scarce production methods, Bjornsson’s come up with a neat way to crank them out: The sand is combined with a resin binding agent, then cast in paper molds. Tweaking the formula eventually yielded the completely watertight mix needed for final production./p

p(If blog entries could include rim shots, I’d close with “That looks like a lava work.”)br /
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