In her glass workshop in Bern, glassblower Rahel Koller designs and crafts handmade glass products individually and in small batches. The deliberate decision to personally make all products by hand in Switzerland comes out of her commitment to sustainable production as well as her passion for handwork and design, which she skillfully combines. Her work is influenced by her original specialization in the creation of laboratory glass equipment as well as by her use of heat-resistant borosilicate glass, which results in timeless products for daily use that are stylistically clear and subtle.
The famous Radix-Glass brings her third passion into play: that of planting and observing growth.
In addition to the Glaslabor products, Rahel Koller can be commissioned for individual products or small batches.

Current vegetables for growing in the radix glass

• for the Radix-Glass Small: beetroot, sweet potato, avocado, ginger, garlic, onion
• for the Radix-Glass Large:  beetroot, kohlrabi, celery

Currently supplied

• Radix-Glass Small: beetroot
• Radix-Glass Large: beetroot

Exhibition

“Wachstum” at Kulturmuseum Bern opening 5.5.22 6 p.m. here the further information about the exhibition (German)

Fairs and Markets

Blickfang Zürich 18.-20.11.22

open house days 31.3.-2.4.23

Blickfang Basel 21.-23.4.23

Press

• Newspaper report of the Berner Zeitung, 27. April 2021

Award

Design award of Blickfang Basel in the field of furniture & home accessories, 2020.

Cooperation

The jewelry collection MUSA. A collaboration with the goldsmith Sarah Küffer.

All Glaslabor products are precisely handcrafted by Rahel Koller in a glass blowing workshop in Bern’s Länggass Quarter. The timeless products for daily use are characterized by their clear, subtile style. Heat-resistant borosilicate glass is used, making all drinking vessels from Glaslabor suitable for both cold and hot beverages.

In addition to the Glaslabor products, Rahel Koller can be commissioned for individual products or small batches. All Glaslabor products, including commissions, are made from borosilicate glass tubes with a diameter of between 8 and 200 mm, purchased from Germany as semi-finished products. This type of glass-blowing, also called the hot glass process, is used among other things for the creation of laboratory glass equipment (such as coil condensers, distillation columns, etc.) The glass cylinders are fixed in a lathe and processed and formed using various gas fuels. See Making the Radix-Glass. For queries, please contact me by email.

• Article about Glaslabor in «Schöner Wohnen Schweiz», 2019
• Press pictures on request

Glaslabor products are sold through the online shop and at select design shows (for dates see News)
For commissions or other queries, please contact me by email.

info@glaslabor.ch

Workshop

Glaslabor
Rahel Koller
Terassenweg 20
3012 Bern

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