Balloton

Monofiori Balloton is made of handmade blown glass. We’re back in the 1970s, when the first installations were introduced and art started taking a more conceptual and expressive turn. In these times of change, classic shapes broke with tradition. For the technique Balloton, the master glassmaker uses a special metal mould which has small pyramid-shaped tips with a square base all along the interior surface of its circumference. During the blowing process, the glass entirely fills the empty spaces in the mould and creates a particular optical effect of crossed relief.