horta

Handmade in Northern Italy, this candleholder is crafted at Atelier Martini, where the tradition of artistic hand-forged iron remains alive, shaped through slow, deliberate gestures.

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From the moment the chandelier was conceived, its relationship with melting wax was central to its design: the act of dripping—often dismissed as an accident rather than embraced as an essential quality of the object—has instead determined its final form.

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Wax is guided and allowed to follow its natural course between parallel iron plates. As the flame burns and consumes itself, the design evolves over time, revealing an ever-changing appearance to the observer. Like a theatre, Horta exists to stage the slow, ephemeral choreography of melting wax.