Mr. Josh Simpson and Mr. Martin Rosol
October 7th, 2009, Ledeburská garden, Prague, Czech Republic
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Glass is an alchemic blend of sand and metallic oxides, combined with extraordinary, blinding heat. The result is a material that flows and drips like honey. When it’s hot, glass is alive! It moves gracefully and inexorably in response to gravity and centrifugal force. It possesses an inner light and transcendent radiant heat that make it simultaneously one of the most fascinating and one of the most frustrating materials to work. I attempt to coax it; all it wants to do is drip on the floor. Most of my work reflects a compromise between the glass and me – the piece is finished when we both agree. Josh Simpson |
