Hagit Pincovici and Kelly Wearstler Introduce “Third Nature” Collection
Furniture and Lighting Designer Hagit Pincovici has collaborated with world-renowned Interior Designer Kelly Wearstler on “Third Nature,” a new collection of furniture, sculptures, and objets d’art for world-renowned interior designer Kelly Wearstler in May 2022.
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Third Nature was born from Pincovici’s innate desire to reconnect with nature during the pandemic, as she began collecting dead plants from her surrounding urban environment. Inspired by their natural, yet unusual beauty, the foraged specimens - from date palms to desert plants - were then cast into bronze at Hagit’s studio in Milan, transforming what might otherwise be considered lost into beautiful, eternal objects. The collection also embraces two similar locations, Los Angeles where Kelly Wearstler is based, and Hagit’s hometown of Tel Aviv, in terms of climate and landscape. In a way, geographically, Milan, which is the capital of craftsmanship and the location of Hagit’s studio, is exactly the mid-point between the two cities.
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Inspired by the geographic similarities of their two cities - Pincovici’s muse and hometown of Tel Aviv and Los Angeles, where Wearstler is based - the two women explored how best to bring the cast bronze sculptures to bear as a series of sculptural everyday objects for the home, including a bench, a console, a chair, a mirror, and a sculpture. Anchored by strong graphic shapes of solid oak, each organic form has been given a new purpose, further drawing nature into the domestic realm. Thus, Third Nature by Hagit Pincovici for Kelly Wearstler was born.
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“The pandemic era has grown my empathy and admiration for nature, especially after confinement. Nature, which was not accessible in our physical and domestic realm, proved fundamental to bringing us back to our center, the origin of creation. The Third Nature collection was born out of a need to reestablish and emphasize the existing link between humans and Mother Nature. I began to collect dead plants from the urban habitat, mesmerized by the beauty of their details. In fact, before moving to Italy, I shipped an enormous crate of plants that I found fascinating from Tel Aviv, knowing that I wouldn’t be able to find them there due to the different climate. Those dead plants were gold for me. When I arrived in Italy, I started casting them into bronze. By doing so, I immortalized them, giving them a second life. The cast plants then become part of a series of daily objects. Through analytical and sensorial approaches, I take the viewer to another vision of our physical world and emphasize the awareness of time. The cycle of a tree is an allegory of our cycle of life. The project is an ongoing process of collecting plants, casting them, and creating the objects that surround us. By doing so, nature becomes part of us proactively, and we can improve ecological conditions and create memorable human experiences through design. By giving a new life to dead plants, we become more aware.” – Hagit Pincovici
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