In the United States in the early 1960s, there was a popular movement of artists using glass as a medium for self-expression. The artists, who developed small-scale glass-melting furnaces so they could work in private studios rather than in factories, explored the potential of glass as a sculpting material. The person who led this so-called “Studio Glass Movement” in Japan was Fujita Kyohei. Having established his own Kazaribako (decorative box) series, which captured a traditional Japanese aesthetic in glass, from 1977 he also worked in Venice, which has a long tradition of glass-making. With an organic, spontaneous form and the simple colors of red, blue and white, this work is representative of his efforts in Venice to push the boundaries of creative expression in glass.
(HASEGAWA Tamao)
In the United States in the early 1960s, there was a popular movement of artists using glass as a medium for self-expression. The artists, who developed small-scale glass-melting furnaces so they could work in private studios rather than in factories, explored the potential of glass as a sculpting material. The person who led this so-called “Studio Glass Movement” in Japan was Fujita Kyohei. Having established his own Kazaribako (decorative box) series, which captured a traditional Japanese aesthetic in glass, from 1977 he also worked in Venice, which has a long tradition of glass-making. With an organic, spontaneous form and the simple colors of red, blue and white, this work is representative of his efforts in Venice to push the boundaries of creative expression in glass.
(HASEGAWA Tamao)