Large Designer Hennessy Transparent Durable Ice Bucket with Gilt Script

Rare and collectible this carries this signature of the designer at the base.
A lovely tactile and useful ice bucket or champagne or wine holder.
The House of Hennessy commissioned Thomas Bastide, a well known contemporary design artist to create this collector’s Hennessy ice bucket. It is elegant and unique, the curved drops on the sides symbolize the smoothness and strength of two Hennessy V.S. trickles. This ice bucket is a wondeful attractive piece in its own right.
Approx. 21 cm tall x 20 cm wide
"TO ME, THE WHOLE REASON WE DESIGN TRANSPARENT, DENSE AND SPARKLING OBJECTS IS TO PLAY WITH THEIR OUTER SHAPES AND INNER FORMS TO CREATE CONFUSION, EVEN SURPRISE OR A TWO DESIGNS FULL OF MYSTERY."
THOMAS BASTIDE
Born in an artistic family circle (his mother a painter, his father a writer), Thomas Bastide felt the need to be creative from early childhood, with a strong penchant for volume, the “third dimension”.
Carried away by his passion, he majored in art and design at the National College of Graphic arts and in industrial design at the National College of Applied Arts and Crafts (ENSAAMA). His first professional experience allowed him to work with Raymond Lewy, a design celebrity. In 1981, he seized the opportunity to join Baccarat, and he is still today the resident designer, while collaborating with other brands. His passion for the “glass material” equals his love for forms.Further to honing his sculptor’s skills at the CIRVA (Marseille’s Glass Centre) and at the famous Pilchuck School in Seattle (USA), he set up a workshop fitted with a kiln, a sandblaster, saws and different equipment, where he brings to life sculptures combining the clearness of glass with concrete and metals.