The art of glassmaking transforms light io color, and from medieval European churches to mosque sashes, houses, decorative products, etc., it has had a spiritual and aesthetic role and is considered one of the oldest human techniques.
We deal with glass every day, but its value and capacity as an art material is less seen. In the hands of artists, glass turns from an everyday object io a faastic work; Windows, vases, decorative coainers and lamps can be transformed io poetic forms.
Promine glassmakers such as Dili Chihouli have shown for years how close this material can be to beauty and imagination. Church windows with colored glass and historical monumes around the world have told stories and history and transformed the space with the play of light and color; Chihouli believes: “Glass is the most magical material in the world.”
This magic can be seen in the selected images of the Smithsonian magazine photography coest; Images that have put the beautiful world of glass in fro of our eyes again.
