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One of the best moments in our work as editors at Stone-Ideas.com is when, after skimming through and clicking away countless emails, something suddenly catches our eye. Bruno Tarabella’s “Juno” washbasin was one such image that we returned to, to check what it was we’d just seen: indeed, “Juno” was unmistakably a female form in white marble with bluish veins running through the stone, and naturally it was the sex appeal of this piece of furniture that had caught our eye, but…
… what the Italian designer had brought to market back in 2024 in collaboration with Rapsel company managed almost entirely without all those elements one usually sees in the media when it comes to female sex appeal – namely, exaggerated busts, long legs, wasp waists, and striking faces with make-up applied to the principle of emphasising the eyes with black liner so they stand out better.
Tarabella, however, stripped away from his goddess everything that today’s fashion designers demand of poor models, and for his “Juno“ focused solely on the hips and bottom.
And to these he even added a hint of a tummy, which girls normally starve themselves of through a radical diet – estimated at one leaf of lettuce a week.
Tarabella’s “Juno” also shows that sex appeal can be subtle, rather than just uninhibited nudity.
* Viewed from the bathroom perspective: with “Juno“, Tarabella invites the male viewer to take a joyful look at the washbasin every morning before attending to his own sleepy personal hygiene and scratching his bottom;
* From the bedroom perspective, Tarabella invites men in the evening to cast an expectant glance from their bed towards the bathroom door, wondering when their own Juno will finally slip under the covers.
We don’t want to keep the dimensions a secret: maximum width W 60 x D 41 x H 90 cm
By the way: why is there no “Juno“ with a man’s body? We ask ourselves.
“Splash”, by Tarabella from 2011 for Up Group company, explores the extent to which natural stone can be used to capture fleeting moments – in other words, quick snapshots. Normally, everything associated with stone is designed to last for eternity, because the material itself is millions of years old.
The name refers to a completely different everyday situation, which the artist recreates with his vase or sculpture.
This exclusive everyday object was produced on a computer: Tarabella used software to create a water jet, which the robotic arm then carved out of a small block of natural stone using a tool.
Dimensions: W 20 x D 20 x H 30
