Glass is an impressive material. Historically used in the industrial and artisanal world (tableware, windows, stained glass), it is also used to create superb sculptures. Glass is appreciated by collectors for its cold, smooth touch, preservation over time, purity and capacity for physical transformation; sometimes opaque, sometimes transparent.
However, glass sculpture is delicate work. It requires great skill and extraordinary know-how. It was the great master-glassmaker François-Eugène Rousseau who first established the techniques that are still followed by glass sculptors today. Blown, heated, broken, cut or melted, glass metamorphoses in the expert hands of artists.
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The most common techniques of sculpture are bronze casting, stone carving, wood carving, and clay firing.
Which materials are used for sculpture?
Some of the main materials used for sculpture are wood, stone (including marble), glass, bronze, stainless steel, clay, resin, paper, and found objects.
What are the properties of glass?
Glass is a hard and transparent material that is used for many different purposes including sculpture. It is malleable in its liquid state, making it easy to manipulate for various uses.
