Content created for 1stdibs/Introspective Magazine
In the triangle that lies between Chapultepec Park and the stately boulevards and Art Nouveau mansions of La Condesa, Joel (pronounced “Ho-el”) Escalona has his studio. Reaching it means climbing a quivering spiral staircase to the fourth floor. As Escalona answers the door, he runs a hand through hair that looks as if it had already seen a long day. Then he opens his fist to reveal, fresh out of his new 3-D printer, a tiny maquette of a tiered glass bowl that the Libbey Glass Company will soon manufacture by the thousands.