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GALLÉE WANTED TO MAKE AN OBJECT WHICH LOOKED MORE LIKE A BIG WET BLOB OF PAINT AND FOUND THAT THE OVERLY SYNTHETIC NATURE OF THE MATERIAL MIXED WELL WITH THE ORGANIC SHAPE. IT MADE SENSE TO CREATE A PRODUCT THAT COULD BE USED AS A POT OR VESSEL BECAUSE YOU COULD PUT SOME ORGANIC COLORFUL SPOTS INTO YOUR HOME WITH PLANTS INSIDE OF THEM, WHILE STILL KEEPING IT SIMPLE. AT THE SAME TIME, GALLÉE WANTED TO CREATE SOMETHING WHICH COULD BE AN ONGOING PROJECT, WITH NEW COLORS, SHAPES, AND MAYBE EVEN DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND EFFECTS.
LAURIDS LOUIS ANSELM GALLÉE IS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER, HIGHLIGHTING PHYSICAL PROPERTIES IN HIS WORK, THROUGH HIS UNDERSTANDING OF MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AND CRAFTSMANSHIP. HIS PIECES ARE ABSTRACTED, THEY STAND ON THEIR OWN; PROFOUND, THEY INCITE A SENSE OF UNIVERSAL BEAUTY AND WONDER.
HE WAS BORN IN AUSTRIA, A CHILD OF ARTISTS. THIS INITIALLY MADE HIM WARY OF THE FIELD. BUT BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER, AND AS AN ADMIRER OF LIFE, HE GREW TO APPRECIATE THE ARTS OVER THE YEARS. AFTER A QUICK BOUT STUDYING ANTHROPOLOGY, HE FOUND HIS FOOTING AT THE DESIGN ACADEMY IN EINDHOVEN. DURING A PERIOD OF FREELANCING IN VARIOUS CREATIVE DISCIPLINES, HE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT HIS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION WAS MORE EXPERIENTIAL AND LESS FUNCTIONAL. THIS LED HIM TO BROADEN HIS KNOWLEDGE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES AT S.T.R.S, A CREATIVE PRODUCTION WORKSHOP, WHERE HE CRAFTED UNIQUE DESIGN AND ART PIECES REQUIRING TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS. INSPIRED BY THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEEPER WORKINGS OF RESIN, HE STARTED TO PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS NEW MATERIALITY.
