Pierre Giraudon resin cube with three-thistle (Latin name Carlina Vulgaris) table lamp, 1970s
A resin table lamp with an inclusion of a three-thistle, with a rectangular shade
Pierre Giraudon (1923-2012) France
The measurements of the foot: 25,5 cm high and 18 cm wide and the depth 12 cm
Then shade is 26 cm high and 46 cm wide. The depth is 32 cm
In total is the lamp 58 cm high
The weight is 7,5 kilos
Pierre Giraudon was born in 1923 in Paris, France.
After studying botany and biology at the Sorbonne university in Paris, he moved to Canada in 1949 where he was appointed to the Montreal Institute of Biology. At that time in the United States the inclusion of specimens under transparent plastic material is developing.
The purpose of this new technique is primarily educational: to make all the plant and animal world accessible to everybody.
Pierre Giraudon immediately sees all the possibilities that this new technique could offer.
He returned to France and opened his laboratory in 1953: “La Société Bioplastique” (The Bioplastic Society).
It establishes a first catalog of 150 pieces approved by the l’Éducation Nationale (National Education). Recognition of his work in encouraged him to explore the artistic possibilities offered by this still fledgling technique. During the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s he made lamps, objects and sculptures in colored resin with or without inclusions. In the 1980s, Constance, his daughter continues his work. His company Bioplastique officially ended business in 2002. Pierre Giraudon died on September 25, 2012. he was 89 years old.
