Fragile, handle with care…
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This work refers to the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. The colors gradually transition to a white section, mimicking what we see in the colorful coral reefs that turn white as they die due to ocean warming and microplastics.
It consists of approximately 20,000 pieces of glass, cut from colored glass sheets, ground, rounded in the kiln, and sandblasted. The thin, fragile glass blades emphasize the fragility.
It calls for care at all levels, in our interactions with the environment, people, and animals.
Project duration
24 months, 36 hours per week
Dimensions
Length of the piece is 320 cm, width is 30 cm, and height is 30 cm
Photography by Koen Geens
Photos by Koen Geens
Work process
Cutting glass plates of many different colors into strips with a maximum width of 1 cm
Grinding all four edges of each glass strip
30 pairs of gloves worn out, essential to protect the fingertips when grinding the razor-sharp edges
Washing the glass strips. What you see here is the result of 4 hours of grinding
Rounding off glass strips in the kiln
Sandblasting the glass strips
Oiling the sandblasted glass strips with WD40.
This restores the color and gives a satin-soft appearance.
Experiment with color transitions by combining glass strips of different colors.
This process of searching for the right color combinations was repeated about five times.
Final result that gave me a sense of satisfaction with the color transitions formed by the combination of 20,000 glass strips
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