VA04-24 | VA05-24 

VA04-24 | VA05-24 – 2024 | Mouth-blown glass, Quebec faience, soda-lime glass

This set of two unique pieces explores the interactions between ceramics and glass, two materials with contrasting yet complementary properties. Through this project, I sought to highlight the transformations that occur when these mediums interact in a shared process, revealing both their fundamental differences and the ways they enrich one another.

In this work, a ceramic object was repurposed as a tool. This approach emphasizes a key distinction between the two practices: ceramics allow direct hand-shaping, while glass requires a certain distance, necessitating the use of tools as extensions of the hand to manipulate the molten material. During the glassblowing process, a liquid faience mixture was applied to the still-hot glass, generating a thermal shock. This phenomenon allowed the faience to adhere to the glass surface while remaining compatible. The result is a series of organic patterns and unique textures, permanently integrated into the material. These imprints capture a moment where the reaction between materials becomes both controlled and unpredictable, creating a spontaneous dialogue between heat, gesture, and matter.

Each piece embodies a tension between opposing forces: the transparency of glass and the density of ceramics, the precision of craftsmanship and the randomness of thermal reactions. By playing with these contrasts, these creations transcend traditional distinctions between function and abstraction, exploring the complementarity of the two materials.

This project is part of a broader reflection on the evolution of contemporary craft practices. By combining traditional techniques with experimental approaches, these pieces examine the aesthetic and narrative potential of the union between glass and ceramics. They reflect a personal approach where craftsmanship meets experimentation, offering a contemporary reinterpretation of these mediums.