tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-117891392009-02-21T05:20:59.424-08:00Greg Bryanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13408526593029789018noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11789139.post-1112172253723556332005-03-29T20:05:00.000-08:002005-03-30T08:51:35.160-08:00<a href="http://www.castglass.com"><img width= 200 src="http://www.castglass.com/bloomingbowl.jpg"></a><br />Cast Glass is different than blown or lampworked glass. Not only is the process different ... the result is different. Cast glass has a more <i>solid</i> feel, it has <i>weight</i>. Blown glass can be beautiful, elegant, delicate ... but it doesn't have the <i>gravitas</i> of cast glass.<br /><br />Only a bus-full of people, globally, are proficient at glass casting in its advanced form ... which, for me, is the one that uses the lost-wax kiln-formed process. It's extremely time-consuming, labor-intensive, and exacting. Japan & the Czech Republic have a relatively large handful of studio artists doing excellent work in cast glass. In North America, there are only a few real standouts, and I'll try to describe the work of one of them, <a href="http://www.olgaglass.com">Olga Volchkova</a>. She has an understanding of the <i>strength</i> of the medium, and she brings <i>life</i> to the material. I'll try to describe how.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11789139-111217225372355633?l=castglass.blogspot.com'/></div>Greg Bryanthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13408526593029789018noreply@blogger.com2