magnificent, unusual sculptural design made of polychrome mouth-blown glass with diverse inclusions, fitted for multiple lights. Diameter c. 160 cm, weight c. 60 kg. Signed. Without guarantee for electrical fitting. (MHA)

A unique piece.

An unusual, large, heavy model. The phoenix is a mythical bird that burns and dies at the end of its life cycle, only to be reborn from its ashes and thus start a new cycle. The firebird is a symbol of the cycle of life, rebirth and all man has ever wanted from the beginning of time: immortality. The ceiling composition, consisting of 13 individual objects, resembles in its design and colouring an opening flower, from the middle of which a central point rises. It represents the phoenix coming to its rest, its wings spread out, only to rise again the next moment. Peter Kuchler III comes from a family of glassblowers who have worked in this sector for several generations. He is the grandson of the company founders, Hilde and Peter Kuchler. He was born in Wiener Neustadt in 1991 and began his training as a glassmaker at the age of 15. He successfully completed it in 2009, obtaining the title of master glassmaker. In 2011 and 2012 he worked with the glass artist Helmut W. Hundstorfer. In 2014 he had an exhibition at the Imperial Palace in Vienna. He cooperated with Swedish glass artists Jan-Erik Ritzman, Sven-Ake Carlsson, Dan Clausen and Lars Skulberg in 2014 and 2015 as well as with Peter Layton in Boda, Sweden, in 2018. An exhibition of his works was held at the Palais Niederösterreich in Vienna in 2015.

Further exhibitions followed in the United Arab Emirates (2016), the Corning Museum of Glass, USA, together with Davide Salvadore (2016), the SIL Design Centre, Budapest (2017-2018), Orresfors, Sweden (2017-2018), Savannah/Georgia, USA (2018), Munich and Hamburg (2018) as well as the DOM Gallery in Austria.

As early as 2016 he opened his own glass gallery in the Kuchlerhaus in Weigelsdorf, Lower Austria. P3-GLASSART - Glass Art in the Third Generation

“I grew up with glass, this material has always accompanied me. I have been working with hot glass since I was 14 years old. Thanks to my family, I had the opportunity to work with the best glassblowers in the world. I have combined the ancient techniques of Venetian, Bohemian and Swedish glass art and infused them with light. Thanks to light, glass comes to life. Light intensifies every nuance of colour. The answer: stunning light objects.” (Peter Kuchler)