This Master Glass Blower Uses Many Years Of Experience To Create His "Waves" Collection

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

Capturing the power and beauty of nature with any medium is hard enough. Try capturing it using glass.

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Master glass blower Graham Muir recently completed a series of works called "Waves" that while beautiful, is difficult to appreciate without proper knowledge.

The intricate structures may seem as though they've been chiseled or carved...

But Muir reveals that their rigid contours were actually made while the glass was still hot.

Their delicate shape and form are the result of years of practice and experimentation with a multitude of different methods.

"The cutting had to be more even than before as the first pieces were very random, organic in nature. This was technically difficult to achieve but I wanted this piece to be sharper and more graceful," Muir states on hisÂ website.

Muir, who intended the series to be an ode to not only the beauty and power of nature, but its increasing fragility as well, knew such a thing would be difficult to capture.

"I find glass to be a material that does not respond well to being dominated by the artist. For me the concept of the work is just the starting point for a conversation between the artistâ€™s idea and the material. The artist flags up the idea, the medium responds and the discussion begins."

As you can imagine, the talented glass blower hit his mark. Now, his work inspires plenty of other discussions.

Most recently Muir's magnificent works were on display as part of an exhibition byÂ Gallery TENÂ atÂ Saatchi GalleryÂ duringÂ CollectÂ in London earlier this year. You can see more of them onÂ his website.