With Balancing Vases, Elise Maes sees a great dream come true, namely a design based on vases she made when aged sixteen that she could bring out on a large scale. The name refers to the balance that the discus appears to seek, including its relation to the other vase. But it is also a balancing act between function and pure object, playful and static, extrovert and introvert, rugged masculine and elegant feminine. The Balancing Vases have something sculptural but are also functional and go together as objects in communication when they are together.
