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In the making

Éclipse · codename

Hélios

Before it received its name, Éclipse grew in the studio under a codename: Hélios. One and the same project — Hélios for the journey, Éclipse for the piece — conceived around a single idea, to hold light.

The project, step by step

From intuition to object

Project Hélios, that is, Éclipse, is at prototype stage. We share its main milestones here; the detail of the drawings and the process remains, for now, confidential.

  1. 01

    The intention

    Hélios, the sun: the codename given to the project. Éclipse, the moment it is veiled: the name of the finished piece. The first idea: a full, calm form in which light seems held captive.

    Completed
    Veils of light within the crystal
  2. 02

    The drawing

    A taut oval, a hollow, an edge that catches the light. The drawing was reworked many times to find the right balance between mass and transparency.

    Completed
    A deliberately partial fragment of the Éclipse drawing
  3. 03

    The material

    Several trials were needed to achieve the intended effect: a mist of crystal suspended within the mass, which we call “buée”.

    Completed
    Material sample, deliberately blurred
  4. 04

    The prototype

    Shaped by a master glassmaker, the first crystal prototype gave project Hélios its body and received its final name: Éclipse.

    Being finalised
    The Éclipse crystal prototype in profile
  5. 05

    The edition

    The first Éclipse pieces will be made to order, in deliberately limited numbers, each signed with the Dayeur monogram.

    Coming
    Éclipse

Confidentiality

A closely guarded savoir-faire

The process that gives Éclipse its veil of light, its dimensions and its manufacturing drawings are not published. They are shared only with our artisans, under confidentiality. The design, the shape and the name of the piece belong to Dayeur Design.

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