Takeshi Sano

Chiba, Japan (Japanese, b. 1960)
Glass has many accidental elements, especially in the blowing process. People usually have an image of glass as hard and cool. But in the hot shop, glass is moving and soft. Even if I have a complete plan for my work, sometimes the glass of its own accord becomes more interesting. Apparent failures often reveal interesting aspects of glass. I stopped trying to control everything, and paid more attention to these accidental and unexpected elements. I want to make my work through collaborating with the material, without too much controlling the material using technique. If I cooperate with the natural movement of glass, going beyond the human plan for making work, I think I can make work that has a well-proportioned form and incorporated unexpected elements. I try to put the glass in the same position as myself, and in the hot shop I try to help the glass move in the way it would like to move. If I can make work using cooperation between humans and the material, glass can escape from the restriction of technique, and can grow by itself. I can express the movement of growth with its form.
           

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