On the bedside table: a candle, a glass of water, sleeping pills.
Three objects that together describe a particular kind of night. Polifemo holds all three in a single form — a candleholder, a glass support, a small recess sized for a pill. The object is a companion to insomnia, to the ritual of trying to sleep, to the hours that are neither day nor night.
Its form is named for the Cyclops of Homer’s Odyssey — the one-eyed giant encountered by Ulysses, who was blinded while he slept. The reference is not decorative. It is a meditation on vulnerability, darkness, and the closed eye.
Crafted from oak, finished with natural oil.