Projects
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30.0
Bowl
Object
Prototype
Fused glass
2009
This project is our first exploration of fused glass technique. Through experimentation, we discovered a way of manipulating an astonishing physical quality of glass. Glass at room temperature, as we are accustomed to understand it, appears solid. It is in fact an extremely viscous liquid—flowing very slowly downwards due to gravity (this is the reason the bottoms of old windows appear rippled). When heated and compressed, glass conforms to loosely crystalline geometrical configurations similar to the way multiple soap bubbles behave when pushed together. If a field of glass rods of different colours are fused together within the correct temperature/pressure environment, the rods (over time) take on a varied and fascinating faceted configuration. By introducing different diameters of rods into the matrix, and by choosing colours carefully, we are able to create an organic self regulating geometrical system with great aesthetic potential. This matrix, once fused, is slumped (in the case of this project) into a bowl shape (other potentially fascinating applications are pending…building cladding systems, etc).
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