Burnout

Unique piece, 2025. Cast glass and burnt maple wood. Now part of the Corning Museum of Glass design archive. Available by inquiry.

Burnout is a functional-art series by Wilén-Jong combining cast recycled glass with charred maple. Developed through a three-month glassmaking process at The Glass Factory in Boda, Sweden, the work captures the suspended moment before physical and psychological collapse.

Creator: Wilén-Jong
Materials: cast recycled glass and charred maple
Country of origin: Sweden
Year created: 2025
Limited edition of 6 (Armchair), unique piece
Exhibition history: Design Miami/ Miami Beach 2025
New Glass Review 2026 selection
Permanent archive, Corning Museum of Glass, New York