Issue No.22 - International Edition Polo De’Marco Magazine - International Edition | Page 130

Out of the designs that you have done or consulted for. Which
ones are you most proud of? In our current edition - we are
featuring the Rolls Royce 103EX; yet you have designed the ‘spirit’.
What materials did you intend to use to create this masterpiece
and what was the concept behind it?
I am actually proud of every high-end item that goes into serial production, because every
such item is an achievement which takes considerable time to make, generally around one year,
in some cases more. The Spirit of Ecstasy, in my interpretation, is a more complex and defined
version of the original. I intended to create it as a true sculpture, which can be executed as a solitary
object and be a part of any high-end space, not just as an embellishment of a automobile’s hood.
The material of the sculpture has basically no limits as it would be either cast with the traditional
methods or milled from a block of steel and polished and plated.
Your sculptural shaping and design is immaculate. What details
do you go through to make a piece of art?
Pointing out to the details is correct, as details are what makes the difference between good and
great. Details are the refinement which finalizes every true luxury. However, it does not mean the
detail or complexity is ornament. There is a great difference between complexity and ornament. I
create the first, and quite honestly, similarly to Loos despise the latter. Design can be complex and
full of details, yet still without a single ornament. If you look at watch-making, you can understand
my point. Every good design starts with a narrative – what do you want to say and how you want
say. The second point revolves around function, or functions of the object, so the complexity
can be built around theme and around functions, in the same way our language is built around
what we need to express. Naturally, in the case of art – there is no function per se, in this case you
create a system with its own rules, which is even more challenging. This is also the reason why true
art is so scarce. To be honest, if I want to see art I am not usually venturing forth to galleries, but that
is a point for a longer discussion.
When manufacturing your glass designs you require a steel
mould. What do you do to finish it off as a final product?
This depends on the medium and the desired final look. Fire or chemical polishing is used with
crys-tal glass, polishing and sometimes plating is used with metal.Serial mass production usually
does not include a finishing, unless it is coloring of the object