BORER IMPRINT

(Vase · BER · 2025)

(RESEARCH)

A trace of decay,
held in glass.
What was once damaged
becomes a new form.

CREDITS.

MATERIAL.

GLASS

CRAFTED IN

GERMANY

PHOTOGRAPHER.

YASUMA HIDA

This glass flower vase is cast from wood that was destined to be discarded.

Quietly hollowed by beetles such as *Buprestidae* and *Hylecoetus dermestoides*, the wood becomes a negative form for molten glass, preserving the tunnels and cavities left behind.

ABOUT.

SIZE.

16 x 16 x 25 cm

STOCK.

INQUIRY REQUIRED

DELIVERY TIME.

4 - 6 WEEKS

Each piece carries a unique trace of the tree and the insects that inhabited it—marks of nature that can never be reproduced.

Between decay and creation,
chance and intention,
the vase holds a moment of transformation.