Conceived by Damien Hirst and handcrafted by Lalique, the Eternal collection is a series of sculptures and panels rendered in exquisite crystal. Time stands still; life and beauty, death and chaos are frozen in crystal. They are themes that have remained central to Hirst’s work since the late 1980s.In this collection, the British artist presents a series of motifs that can be read as emblematic of the cycle of life. Developed over a number of years through exchanges between the artist and the crystal workshops, this project has given rise to a series of exceptional pieces. The works each act as distinctive statements of intent. They have been imagined, sculpted and perfected through hundreds of hours of work, using the mastery of the lost wax process; a traditional technique revived by the award-winning craftspeople who work at the Lalique workshop. Each limited edition piece features the engraved signature of the artist and comes complete with a signed edition certificate. The panels can be displayed in a number of ways, for example: mounted on an easel; framed and hung across a wall partition; or inset into a wall.
“ I love butterflies because when they are dead they look alive „