THE WORKSHOP

263 592

bottles

crushed

164632

cigarettes & coffees

consumed

706,56

m2 of panels

produced

854566545666

« caral...*, sh...* &  f...* ! »

cried

53 285

kg of glass

used

THE PROCESS

« Fused glass is glass that has been fired (heat-processed) in a kiln at a range of high temperatures from 600°C to 900 °C. There are 3 main distinctions for temperature application and the resulting effect on the glass.

 

- Firing in the lower ranges of these temperatures 600-700 °C is called slumping.

- Firing in the middle ranges of these temperatures 670–770 °C is considered «tack fusing».

- Firing the glass at the higher part of this range 770–900 °C is commonly described as a «full fuse».

 

All of these techniques can be applied to one glass work in separate firings to add depth, relief and shape. »

 

« It is a time-consuming work of patience and invention, in which heat and time (and gravity, of course) determine the result. A research kitchen where new recipes are tested each day, searching for a new “flavour” or texture, cutting sheet glass, recycling glass bottles, crushing, fusing, sawing, hammering, breaking, grinding, sand-blasting, re-assembling and fusing again. »

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