Nicolas Aubagnac
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AQUA
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fluid & sculptural
River water
It was the water of a summer river that inspired the Aqua vase…
A fleeting and intangible memory that I wanted to "crystallize" in the delicate swirls of glass paste.
Each piece is unique because the alchemy of pigments melted in the crystal partially escapes our control.
Only by breaking each mold will we finally discover what happened in the darkness of the high-temperature cooking process.
A necessary element of randomness…
Molten glass requires the talents of an experienced master glassmaker.
What we call "molten glass" is actually pieces of crystal that are mixed with pigments and heated to a very high temperature so that the crystal fuses with the colored pigments.
The art of the master glassmaker is therefore to control the distribution of pigments in his mold and then to control the fusion in order to obtain the desired aesthetic result.
But nothing is visible, because everything happens in the secrecy of the mold...
It takes several days for the oven to gradually reach the required temperature, and several more days for the piece to cool in the mold.
It is only when we break the mold that we discover whether the piece is successful...or needs to be redone!
