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Due to the creativity of Alexandra Khuen-Belasi, the wood-burning stove in glazed ceramic (for centuries the primary mode of heating and a much requested item today), has become a work of art that transforms, under the dual aspect of beauty and utility, the entire living atmosphere.
The uniqueness of these masterpieces originates in this ceramists ability to meld personal expression with the needs of each client, creating the proper color and form that reflect individual taste.
The technique adopted in the realization of a ceramic wood-burning stove is based on the antique method of 'calco' (casting), that maximizes the force released from firing.
In conclusion, it can justly be said that today, at the closing of the twentieth century and in an 'ecological age this safe and sane fount of heating passed on to us by our ancestors fully responds to our present needs; in an economical sense, being a method of low consumption, and in a healthful sense, in its natural method of heating.
“Ms. Khuen-Belasi attaches great importance to the influence of artistically designed tiled stoves on the room atmosphere and on the residents' pleasant feeling of living. Their tiled stoves, some of which are reminiscent of Art Nouveau, are initially being presented to customers in small models. With a sure sense of color and form, the artist chooses oven tacones that, when finished, far exceed the value of a mere radiator: they become a decorative element that enhances any piece of furniture.”
-Helga Högl-
“Coffee, tea -where are their means of conveyance? A passionate enterprise of enjoyment.
The rule, the pressure of behavior pushes forms to move in correspondence. What a movement into all directions! Informality existing and maintained. Moving levels emerge that grope for their roles since who defines the law of interpreted assumptions? Again we find that bondless freedom is still the best way, a hopeful route towards the future.
- Oswald Oberhuber (Director of the Academy of Applied Art, Vienna)-