THIRTEENVASES - VASE ELEVEN

"Produced in limited numbers, these vases were modeled by invoking the metaphor of a tree. They are objects that present themselves as table-top architectures, displaying the dimension and scale of the gesture and the hands that shaped them."
Mario Botta

Unmistakable examples of Mario Botta’s signature style and poetics, these thirteen vases serve as presences of extraordinary communicative power in the contemporary home, in line with a philosophy of living tied to the quality of the objects that inhabit it, which is particularly dear to the Numa project.

"When I read these words that Mario Botta had written for the presentation of the vases he designed, I understood that I could find in him the harmony I was seeking to be able to create, using pewter, the works he had designed. The collection designed by Mario Botta consists of 13 vases, 6 of which are now being produced by Numa in a limited edition of 33 pieces each. Each vase is obtained from pewter sheets that are cast, modeled, and welded by hand. They are finished artisanally through brushing and polishing operations. The thirteen vases we are now presenting are presences of extraordinary communicative power, unmistakable examples of Mario Botta’s signature style and poetics; they are the representation of the work of Alfredo Marinoni, a true Master in pewter craftsmanship, with whom I have shared the entire Numa journey, expressed through the material he works with incomparable mastery. Tredicivasi is the increasingly fascinating continuation of the Numa journey and project."
Roberto Zani

Tredicivasi is a collection of large pewter vases, designed by Mario Botta with multiple branches as a "metaphor for a tree." Thirteen table-top architectures whose geometries are expressed very well by pewter, an ancient material of great plastic strength. A material that Numa has brought back to contemporary life in recent years by entrusting its manufacture to Alfredo Marinoni, a master of pewter craftsmanship, who casts it into sheets for these vases and subsequently finishes them by hand.

Vases obtained from cast pewter sheets (an alloy of tin, antimony, and copper), which are modeled, welded, and polished by hand.