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THE WORKSHOP
Born in 1963, Nuno Fitz has been producing fused stained-glass panels and interior design objects since 1990 at his contemporary glass « research kitchen ».
Together with the traditional production of interior design objects using sheet glass, this “research kitchen” has explored combining beauty of form with recycled raw materials, such as post-consumer glass bottles.
263 592
bottles
crushed
53 285
kg of glass
used
706,56
m2 of panels
produced
164632
cigarettes & coffees
consumed
854566545666
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HE 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. »
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« 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. »
