玻璃融合擺飾 / Fusing

這是於2006年，利用我在台灣工藝研究所研習＂脫腊鑄造玻璃多媒材燈飾設計＂課程時，自行試作的玻璃融合擺飾。一個是橄欖形的淺盤，一個是杯墊，因為從來沒做過玻璃融合，所以用了最便宜的淡綠色台（灣）玻（璃），跟做琉璃珠後被丟棄的拉絲玻璃製作，這樣失敗的話也比較不痛。

Fused Glass Decorations / 2006
玻璃
Glass

左邊橄欖形的淺盤作法，是先作一個好一個橄欖形耐火石膏模，再疊上大小不一的雙層台玻，中間夾入各色被丟棄的拉絲玻璃（可用快乾膠先固定避免移動），融合而成的。完成後的夾層多了許多氣泡，也增添了不一樣的趣味感！右邊的杯墊是用圓形的台玻片，鋪上方形的台玻片及淡藍色的拉絲玻璃融合而成，若方形的台玻片朝下放，可使桌面與圓片有些許的高度差，剛剛好可以讓杯墊不會因水而黏在桌子上，也是我第一個玻璃杯墊作品。

當然第一次並不是不會失敗，橄欖形的淺盤總共作了三個，卻只成功兩個，失敗原因可能是因為台玻跟拉絲玻璃的收縮係數不同，或溫度控制不同造成的結果。但這也是我認為玻璃之所以動人的地方，好像永遠摸不清楚她的心情，不知道她的變化，可只要能幸運的捕捉到某一個瞬間，她就能留下最美的一面給你。


I made fused glass decorations when I studied in mix-media class of National Taiwan Craft Research Institute (NTCRI). One is an marquise plate, another is cup pad.

There two layers of the plate, and I put some lampworking glass among them. That's why there are few bubbles in the plate. They are really cute. About the cup pad, I cut a circular glass first, then put the square ones and lampworking glass on it. If the square side is downward, It can make the drop height between table and cup pad. That can avoid cup pad stay close to tabletop.

I didn't success at once. I made three plate, but one is failed. Maybe is because of the expansion coefficient, or the control of temperature. But I think that's why glass attract me. We never know what will happen of it, what will cause it to change. But If you could catch the right time and rignt moment, glass will be the most beautiful thing of the world.