ABOUT GLASS

The Physical and Metaphysical Laws of Glass

It may seem like a lot to say about the metaphysical laws of glass, but often the truths are simple and can be found in physical laws, but the professions in which the practice is the mastery of a material, and putting it into a form, have by their nature.

Each material and element has its own nature and characteristics.

There's a saying in sculpture that clay is your slave, wood is your friend, and stone is your master.

Glass is an art of Fire whose main lesson is - to be present.

Here we will tell you what we can learn from glass.

A time for everything.

We are working with a material that changes its density every second, and this forces us to work by feel. When we work the glass in the kiln on the pipe it is like honey and with each second it slowly becomes more solid. Each type of shape we intend to shape requires the glass to be denser or more liquid.

This forces us to be present when we work and to catch the moment when the glass is ready to settle, to let itself be guided into the shape we want.

Working with glass is an extraordinary exercise in Patience and Presence during a time when we tend to spend a lot of time with our minds somewhere other than our bodies.

In general, the therapeutic effect of the arts comes from the fact that they force us to focus both our mind and body in the same place for a longer period of time.

Just like the body, our inner parts - Patience, Will, Intuition, Mind, Feeling - need training.

Glass is a great way to practice our patience, as it reacts strongly to its absence. It breaks.

And not only does it break during processing, if the glass is forced during processing at a micro level, tensions are produced that slowly work their way out and the piece can break even after 2 months.