Bog Family

Going to the bog to save the turf is an age old Irish tradition. Entire families, strong tea and a dram of whiskey were all essential to the job of cutting enough peat to keep fires lit over winter.  The smell of a peat fire can bring any Irish person immediately back to their childhood and has much in common with the smell of fine whiskey.

Marks hewn from the surface of the crystal glass, stacked and forming pleasing interconnections.

Italian designer Martino Gamper is a natural interventionist - cutting to create shape and interest is characteristic of his work.