Glass: Fragile Aristocratic Art

According to legend, Liu Li was discovered when Fan Wei oversaw the creation of the "King of the Kings" in 493 BC. Fan Hao believes that this material is the ultimate result of yin and yang creation in heaven and earth, and he dedicated it to the king with the sword. The King of Yue gratitude for the power of casting swords, the original give back, also named this magical material as “蠡”. Afterwards, Fan Yi visited a skilled craftsman to create a beautiful piece of jewelry and gave it to Xishi as a token of love. According to legend, this is the oldest glass in the world. In the same year, the bigger the battle, the greater the defeat. Xi Shi was forced to go to Wu and his relatives and return them when they parted. According to legend, Xi Shi’s tears still dribbled on this “蠡”, and the heavens, the earth, the moon, and the moon were moved by it. So far it can be seen that “Xishi’s tears” are Which flows, later called "rogue", today's "glazed" is the homonym of the name, and thus evolved.

What are the precious things about these pieces of art forged from glass? In fact, from the Middle Ages, Liuli is a symbol of noble life. The reason why high-grade glass art is expensive is mainly determined by its raw materials and processes. For example, the purity of glass products made from glass raw materials imported from the Czech Republic is high, and the price naturally rises. In addition, the unique dewaxing casting process of glass is a full-range, hand-crafted, complex process. 47 processes are all checkpoints, and one problem will fail. The failure rate of glassmaking is extremely high, and the success rate of general works is only 20% to 30%. Some difficult works can be successful even in a year and a half. Therefore, many glass works are limited editions.

The preciousness of glass is that each product is unique. “One mold and one product” is one of the characteristics of glass. A single mold can only burn one work and cannot be used twice. Large-scale and complex works even require multiple mold-opening and firing to complete. Because the flow of glass is difficult for people to control, even if the glass works with the same shape, the final color distribution will not be the same. Therefore, the lotus flower tip blush or the frog's back is naturally blue. It all depends on the skill of the master. It is even more exotic.

Some people who bought glass art objects generally reflected that they liked the visual effects of glass, crystal clear, colorful, giving people a rich, magnificent visual enjoyment, and at the same time giving people a fantastic idea. In Chinese Buddhism, the status of the glass is very special and it is one of the “seven treasures” of Buddhism. In the book, “The Pharmacist Mural of Glass, the Book of Wishes”, there is **: “I wish that when I come to Bodhi, I will be like a glass, clear inside and outside, and clean.” Liuli is a personality, a kind of spirit, and a state of mind. Symbol. Clear glass placed people's good wishes.

The preference for glass art should be said to be a more diverse pursuit of the value orientation of the United States. The mysterious and unpredictable glass, with its unique dignity, only serves the royal family and aristocrats in the history of Western Europe, and it is still regarded as the representative of noble art today, providing people with a perfect spiritual world.