Ai Bo Gallery Goes Virtual!: The Many Facets of Glass | EXTENDED!

"In my work I attempt to catch the nature of the glass, by using its primary attributes. I am working with the simple geometrical shapes, reflections and optical illusions. Using combinations of the matt and polished surfaces.  My objects are inspired by the forms and images of my everyday life. The main element is light."-Tomas Brzon

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Glass art combines hard physical work with craftsmanship, manufacturing technology with subtle mental processes. These are the aspects that make glass art so attractive and also so hard to master. Stacho chose the triangle as a symbol of intuitive search for perfection and a balance of all these elements of glass art – the ideal perfection of the artist’s vision which is being constantly disturbed and interfered with by human imperfection and the random interventions resulting from the unpredictable nature of the glass itself. It is well known that glass always follows its unpredictable essence, and only master artists come close to commanding it.

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Louis produces at the Van Tetterode glass studio in Amsterdam. His numerous projects are created by using techniques such as application, sandcasting, glassblowing, fusion, sandblasting and etching. 
Louis also gives workshops to teach the many glass techniques to fellow artists. After a career of 50 years working with glass, La Rooy is still fascinated by the medium and ever in search of new possibilities and techniques.

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The surface of his most representative work, the Baby Series, is finished with ground glass. Depending on the way the light shines, the glass babies in these works are as beautiful as jewels. Koichi uses the lost-wax kiln casting glass technique. First, he makes the original form of the babies in wax, pours it in refractory plaster to create a mold and fills the mold with glass in the electric kiln. Koichi melts it at a high temperature of 900°C and lets it cool slowly over a number of days. He says that his works get a soul during the time they spend in the kiln as he takes the glass out of the kiln and carefully polishes it.  He then inserts the babies' eyes for the finishing touch.

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"Experiences have been stored in a person since birth. I do not know where and how and what result it will have. My work reflects what is stored somewhere in the depth of soul. I do not produce what I can see around me only. I cannot create without impulses. I always start from an inner movement and a need but, paradoxically, I never know exactly what will be the result and everything that has preceded it."

-Vaclav Rezac

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