by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Aug 28, 2017 | Casting tips, Glass art blog
Post updated on August 10, 2024. After a glass sculpture is fired in the kiln, it must undergo several grinding and polishing stages to achieve optical transparency. Cold work is a time-consuming process. I use a vibrating lap machine, which works with silicon carbide...
by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Aug 2, 2017 | Casting tips, Glass art blog
This video shows one of the most tedious parts of the glass polishing process. Cleaning up the eccentric grinding machine to make sure it’s not contaminated from previous silicon carbide grit. Of course, this speedy timelapse took me over an hour in real...
by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Jul 23, 2017 | Casting tips, Glass art blog
Learn more about the process Behind the scenes in the studio One of my favorite moments of the glass casting process is when I open the kiln. Firing a piece takes about two weeks and it requires complex programming—optical glass is very demanding. In glass casting,...
by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Jul 18, 2017 | Art news & insights, Glass art blog
View artwork Surrounded by cliffs and rocks, sirens were fated to die if someone heard their singing and escaped them. Their enchanting music and voices drew sailors to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Nobody escaped from their irresistible fatal...
by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Jul 14, 2017 | Art news & insights, Glass art blog
View artwork The arrow is a symbol of movement, direction and force. I created Arrow inspired by life’s constant movement and change. The waves inside Arrow represent impermanence and the driving force behind every moment. Optical glass sculpture by Anna...
by Anna Alsina Bardagí | Jul 7, 2017 | Art news & insights, Glass art blog
View artwork I was intrigued by the contradiction of something like an anvil being made of a material as fragile as glass. When I created this piece I wanted to capture the power and strength associated with this iconic tool while possessing an inner world deeper than...
