Most homes have rooms for working and rooms for resting. The third room is the other one. It is often not a room at all. It is a windowsill, a corner of a shelf, the end of a table: the place where you light a candle, set down a stem, and pay attention for a minute. The Third Rooom gathers glass for that place.
The Third Rooom is a gallery and an artist-led studio, founded in 2018 in New York by Romina Gonzales and Jason Robert Bauer. Romina leads product design, and Jason leads brand design. The gallery carries a collection of work made by various artists, alongside our own production line. We employ artisans and makers, with the intention of carrying the tradition of glass forward. Every piece is made by hand. This is a short account of what you will find here, and why.
Bridging the natural and the divine
That is the line we work by. Glass begins as sand and fire, and it moves like water before it sets. We try to let it keep some of that. A Puddle Vase rises from a sculpted puddle base. A Whirlpool candle holder is shaped by gravity and centrifugal force. A Formation Vase carries a texture that throws light ripples, like water moving over stone.
These are objects to use. A stem in water, a taper in a holder, a cutting on the wall. The ritual is small on purpose.
No two alike
Because each piece is made by hand, no two are identical. Small variations in color, bubbles, size, and form are signs of the making, not defects. They are what make the piece yours alone.
What you will find here
The work runs from a forty-dollar vase to sculpture and lighting made for a single room.
- For the table: the Whirlpool and Puddle collections.
- For flowers and plants: vases, planters, and votives, including the Wall Formation.
- For the body: Align, our glass acupressure tools.
- For a room: lighting, sculpture, and fixtures, such as the Formation Pendant Light.
Who makes the work
Some of it carries a founder's own name: Jason's light sculptures and Romina's sculpture. Some is by artists we admire. The Rose Petal Vases are by Alex Krueger, the Crystal Rattles are made with Eileen O'Hare, and the Cache was designed with Jane D'Arensbourg to showcase jewelry and small precious objects. The product page always says whose piece it is.
Where to begin
If you already know what you love, start with the piece you cannot stop looking at. If you would like a suggestion, the Ritual Finder offers a first piece and a small intention to go with it.
If a size is in inventory, it ships from stock. If it is not, handmade work typically ships in two to three weeks. Lighting is made to a longer timeline (currently eight to ten weeks). The product page is the last word.
If you have a question about size, use, or how a piece will live in your space, write to us at info@thethirdrooom.com. Someone from the studio replies within one to two business days.
Welcome. Come in and look around.
— The Third Rooom