Design Miami 2009
Design Miami 2009
December 2nd - 8th, 2009
For Design Miami 2009, we devoted our booth to the work of Israeli lighting designer Ayala Serfaty. Ayala Serfaty (b. 1962) studied fine art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem London
In recent years, she has developed and created light sculptures from glass filament and polymer-skin in a project entitled Soma. Soma is an exhibition of her contemporary exploration and expression of natural beauty through industrial materials. Serfaty engages the “Truth to Nature” mantra and modernizes it through her metaphorically charged web of interlaced glass filaments covered with clear polymer threads, creating a paper-thin skin similar to a cocoon. Citing Eva Hesse’s deliberate use of non-traditional materials to push the artistic boundaries as a key source of inspiration, Sefarty utilizes modern industrial materials to expose the delicacy and behavioral nuances of the object while communicating her interpretation of nature’s beautiful and complex structures and forms with the outside world.
In recent years, she has developed and created light sculptures from glass filament and polymer-skin in a project entitled Soma. Soma is an exhibition of her contemporary exploration and expression of natural beauty through industrial materials. Serfaty engages the “Truth to Nature” mantra and modernizes it through her metaphorically charged web of interlaced glass filaments covered with clear polymer threads, creating a paper-thin skin similar to a cocoon. Citing Eva Hesse’s deliberate use of non-traditional materials to push the artistic boundaries as a key source of inspiration, Sefarty utilizes modern industrial materials to expose the delicacy and behavioral nuances of the object while communicating her interpretation of nature’s beautiful and complex structures and forms with the outside world.
Miami, FL