Unit 3: Glass Art

            We cannot consider the various media and techniques of art without considering Glass Art. Glass art uses something as fragile as glass, and weaves into beautiful art pieces. Glass sculptures can be huge or simple, and small. Most of them are blown glass and hot worked glass. Glass panels are made using techniques such as staining glass, wheel carving, engraving, frosting, acid-etching, enameling, and gilding. Kitted glass is also extremely fascinating, because one would not think that you could knit something as solid as glass. Knitted glass incorporates the techniques of knitting, lost-wax casting, mold-making, and kiln-casting. Many knitted glass art looks like knitted colorful fabric from far away, until you take a closer look. There is also Haute Glass Couture, which evolved from the Avant world of fashion that is Haute Couture. With the glass version of the art, clothing is made from sculpted glass. This glass is customized to each person’s body perfectly. Personally speaking, I find Glass to be very serene and Zen. I would love to see it done, or to personally own a piece of art like this. However, the Haute Glass Couture is a bit too much. The point of clothing is to cover the body. With glass clothing you can see through it, so the person is essentially naked. That is simply too much body exposure for my taste.