Scent V: Incense Midkhan / Scent II: Oud Vessel
The Scent collection is inspired by the connection between the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula where for thousands of years, the Levant provided the glass vessels and the Peninsula provided the perfumes and incense. This collection celebrates the contemporary form of that collaboration and its living history.
Discover the collection at hollowforms.studio.
In collaboration with @irthicouncil and Perfumerie villa 515.
The making of our Phoenician Pigeons, a collection derived from historic Phoenician glass marbling techniques.
These textures were originally produced from a mixture of coastal plant ash as well as ground seashells. The marbled effect found in Palestinian glass today is a continuation of the aesthetics of this production process created centuries ago.
Discover the Phoenician Pigeons collection at hollowforms.studio.
She Still Wears Kohl and Smells Like Roses II (2023)
Stills from the experimental film featured in an installation for London Design Festival (@l_d_f_official ) at the Victoria & Albert Museum, retelling the story of glass vessels from the V&A collections that were excavated in Palestine and Syria.Â
The film weaves together personal histories with regional histories of glass and archeology.
Now part of the permanent collections at the Sharjah Art Foundation (@sharjahart ).
#Ghosts, a collection featuring ghostly replicas of displaced archaeological glass artifacts from the Levant landscape currently stored and displayed in western institutions.
Each object is tracked to identify its provenance, donor, and current status. Each vessel is drawn, rendered and then reproduced, as a ghost of the original, by expert glassblowers in Jaba’ Palestine.
This work was created as a form of restitution, reactivating the cultural weight of the artifacts themselves as well as the ancient history of glass blowing in the region.
Amman Design Week, 2019
Curated by Noura Al Sayeh (@nouralsayeh )
Now on permanent display at the Corning Museum of Glass (@corningmuseum )
#palestinianglass
The Alienation Collection (2016)
The core collection, bridging regional archeological histories and millennia-old Palestinian glassblowing tradition with contemporary form and design.
Discover the collection on hollowforms.studio.
Photography by @mothannahussein
Green vessel from the Alienation collection (2016), acquired by the V&A in 2023.
Made in Palestine, this three-legged form reflects the studio’s continued exploration of archeology and regional glass traditions.
The vessel now lives in the Middle East section of the V&A’s collections.
Accession Number: ME.77-2023
#palestinianglass
Another look into Abu Marwan’s glass workshop in London for @theraincollectors programme with @rca_citydesign 💧
We spent the day at SONG Art & Craft (@songartcraft ), where Abu Marwan guided students through his process, sharing techniques and revealing how his glass forms come to life.
Photography by Ayeesha Starkey
This month, our close collaborator and fabricator Abu Marwan arrived from Palestine for @theraincollectors London programme with @rca_citydesign .
As part of the programme, we took a trip to SONG Art & Craft (@songartcraft ), where Abu Marwan led a glassblowing workshop showing students how he creates his magical forms.
We also visited the V&A, whose glass galleries have informed our glassworks since the very beginning of our collaboration.
Last slide: Abu Marwan in the V&A glass galleries looking for inspiration for our first collection together designed in 2017.
