Lacrimarium is a series of interlocking glass sculptures replicating four-part slip casting moulds of tear bottles (lacrimaria), seen as containers of grief and acts of reparation. The work explores tears as materials of repair, paralleling the body’s healing through crying with the artist’s ritual of transforming deep emotions into glass.
The glass contrasts polished façades with unfinished surfaces, symbolising ongoing inner processes.

Roberta De Caro (Italia, 1975) is a multidisciplinary and award- winning artist based in London. She mainly works with glass. She
holds a BA in Fine Art and an MA from City & Guilds of London Art School, and an MA in Ceramics & Glass from the Royal College of Art. She has received awards and scholarships from CGLAS and RCA, including the CGLAS Sculpture Prize. Her work is exhibited at the Glass Museum in Stourbridge and was presented at Westminster City Hall.

Works on display:
I See Red
cast glass
22 x 14 x 10 cm


Tears For Breakfast
cast glass
18 x 11,5 x 10 cm

Rose-Tinted
Cast glass18 x 13 x 12 cm.

www.robertadecaro.com