THE MIRROR, REFLECTION OF THE SOUL
With its reflective surface, the mirror is charged with rich, complex and ambivalent symbolism. As a gateway between the world of seeing and the world of being, the mirror both is both fascinating and disconcerting. It returns our own image, one that can be either faithful, illusory or unexpected. It exposes, without judgment, the qualities and imperfections of the beholder.
ALINE ERBEIA
S by Salanitro presents a mirror created in collaboration with renowned interior architect and designer Aline Erbeia, a long-time friend of Pierre Salanitro.
Aline Erbeia has always nurtured a creative fire. Full of imagination and enthusiasm, drawing has been her main means of expression since childhood.
“For me, it is absolutely essential to make our home and our workplace an ideal space for making us happy, a true anchor point, a place to recharge, to find a balance, but also place that inspires and stimulates because our home is a reflection of who we are. As such it must be considered as an extension of ourselves and our selves,” confides Aline Erbeia.
ONLY THE NOBLEST OF MATERIALS
The mirror presented by S by Salanitro is mounted on lacquered wood and the art is composed of 1,277 precious and semi-precious stones. Their arrangement represents a skull and crossbones, a universal motif of deep and diverse meaning.
350 hours of meticulous work went into positioning each stone on the reflective surface. Each is bonded to the mirror with an advanced adhesive, a polymer-based agent that is stronger, more flexible and more impact resistant than any other form of adhesive.
Of generous dimensions (120 x 16 cm), the object is designed to sublimate the wall, be it in a high-ceilinged townhouse or an ultramodern villa, because it adapts to all interiors. Ultra-contemporary, it brings as much life as it reflects.
A HYMN TO LIFE
With this first mirror, S by Salanitro offers us an exquisite object inspired by Mexican skulls known as calaveras. These human skulls are linked to the Festival of the Dead celebrated every year on November 1st and 2nd. During this celebration, they are used as a ritualistic, decorative element.
Far from macabre, the festival invites Mexicans to remember their dead with festive meals and activities such as building altars: in Mexico, the dead also have their own special day to be celebrated just like the living. While Mexican skulls might seem menacing, they actually represent happiness in the afterlife. The Day of the Dead is usually a huge, boisterous and colorful party, full of flowers and food, celebrating life and immortalizing in a joyful spirit those who have left this world.
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