Traces of the Molten State

[JanieDough]

Estuko Ichikawa makes her art by dragging hot glass over her "canvases" I think it's cool

http://vimeo.com/1713273

http://www.etsukoichikawa.com/video.htm

 

[Darrell]

Very impressive, and creative. :thumbup

 

[JanieDough]

She talks about how when she started it was a mess - she had no way of controlling the fire, and the glass would dry too quickly and shatter and go everywhere - which also sounds dangerous.

I think the controlled process she has developed is extremely impressive.

She said she hasn't perfected it yet - that when she does, she'll no longer be interested.

But how cool is it to be the first/only person to do this sort of thing.

 

[JanieDough]

ok I'm obsessed. I like this video too

http://vimeo.com/149025

 

[Tim]

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150545159370571.651565.330315075570


Others have done it before...

 

[Tim]

Braden Hammond has been around for a long time doing some great works of art (he is well known for his glass pieces)

This was just someone I knew about, I'm sure there a lot more.

 

[Mystic]

i love art. i could spend my days in art galleries and have done and will do when i get the chance...however, i think this art is shit. It does nothing for me on an artistic level. I don't see anything but burn marks on a media. Now had they used those burn marks to create some scene i would most certainly say differently. At one point i thought a flower scene was being created by on of the glass burns and i was disappointed when it didn't go any where but to make burn marks that anyone can do.

 

[JanieDough]

Braden Hammond has been around for a long time doing some great works of art (he is well known for his glass pieces)

This was just someone I knew about, I'm sure there a lot more.

Braden Hammond has mostly glass pieces on his site - his end result is mostly glass. The ones where he did burnt - look very small scale and it looks like he is doing with a little tube or vial - I don't think that's the same thing as blowing glass while you burn and dripping it all over - it's like the difference between paint by numbers and a Pollock.

Estuko's been doing this for almost 20 years too.

I'd never seen it - either way I think it's cool.

i love art. i could spend my days in art galleries and have done and will do when i get the chance...however, i think this art is shit. It does nothing for me on an artistic level. I don't see anything but burn marks on a media. Now had they used those burn marks to create some scene i would most certainly say differently. At one point i thought a flower scene was being created by on of the glass burns and i was disappointed when it didn't go any where but to make burn marks that anyone can do.

I agree to a POINT. Yes, they are just burn marks. BUT this dude Rothko who is like a huge "abstract" painter - he has a WHITE CANVAS. Yeah - he PAINTED IT WHITE. And it's art and it's in a museum.

So I think it depends on your tastes, your passion and your standards.

To me, I think this is beautiful and I would totally buy one. (Estuko NOT Rothko - I hate Rothko )

Rothko:

Think of all the abstract shit you see - like photos that are all dark with one spot of blue that is a distant light blurred out. Know what I mean? That is seen as art. So why can't this?

PS I don't think I'm right and yall are wrong - I'm truly liking discussing this with yall. And I think yall are both valid, but it's not how I see it.