Discovering glass
Sunday, October 18th, 2009Glass is one of the most amazing materials, for its properties and beauty. At the same time, it is probably one of the less used materials while prototyping due to its difficulty to work with, and the lack of proper workshops.
With the aim to incorporate the glass as a material to be considered for prototyping (specially combined with light, an increasing passion), I’ve been around the glass workshop. Eric, a CIID student who is glass designer, taught me the basics of glass blowing, cutting and sandblasting. I cannot wait to have more time to practise, I couldn’t make a round ball so far…
Eric at work
Me rounding off the first glass piece
I’ve already used glass for a couple of projects, and hope I’ll do in the coming ones. It’s an amazing world to discover.
More photos here.