The Glass AGe - An Exhibition In Fine Art Glass

Online, September 22, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The Glass Age exhibition showcases 'Off Hand' Hot Glass Masterpieces created by the melding of four individual artists' personalities, masterful techniques and personal inspirations; thus creating an extraordinary collaborative body of work. The Glass Age is certainly one of the most dynamically innovative and unprecedented achievements the world has ever seen in this most unique, fine art medium.
In the happening, they identified themselves to the primordial natural elements: earth, water, air and fire, which naturally mirrors their individual temperaments: the fifth element being the common bond that brought them together - the Hot Glass itself.
While brainstorming together in Bali, the team found themselves highly inspired by the film "Creative Nature"; an encompassing documentary about Hot Glass Master and pioneer, William Morris. while researching mans evolution in Indonesia, they developed the idea to focus their efforts on the pre-Neolithic "Java man".
Spontaneously, this led the team to their understanding of the Five Elements concept.

The Java man (Homo erectus erectus) is the name given to fossils discovered in 1891 at Trinil - Ngawi Regency on the banks of the Solo River in East Java- Indonesia, one of the first known specimens of Homo erectus. Its discoverer, Eugene Dubois, gave it the scientific name Pithecanthropus erectus, a name derived from Greek and Latin roots meaning upright ape-man. (Source Wikipedia)
Homo erectus, an extinct species of the genus Homo, that lived from about 1.8 million years ago (mya) to 50-70,000 years ago, is an important find, since it is believed to be the first close human ancestor to leave Africa and the first human ancestor to walk
truly upright.
The initial 1891 discovery has been dated to about 400,000 years ago. Originally, H. erectus was believed to have disappeared roughly 400,000 years ago, but some deposits in Java thought to contain H. erectus fossils were dated at only 50,000 years
ago, which would mean that at least one population would have been a contemporary of modern humans
(source New World Encyclopedia)

Inspired by Julien Espagne's archeological knowledge as well as his ability to flake glass and to replicate objects from the Stone Age, the Five Elements started their venture making life size spears connected to a hand flaked spearhead through a hot sequence. They soon realized that this was, in itself, an unprecedented achievement in the history of hot glass.
This experience transported the artists through the ages and physically connected them to the roots of mankind. The results are truly original and priceless works of art.
The entire work, each single piece, displayed in this exhibition is produced following the traditional technique known as "off hand" hot glass working. The glass artists and a team of assistants are led at the workbench by the "Gaffer" whilst the glass is hot and moving.
The exhibition displays sculpted and blown, life size and accurate scale artifacts shaped by hand with various tools, techniques, momentum and gravity.

Exhibition venue: BaliWood Resort - Art & Culture Centre
Address: Jalan Penestanan Sayan Ubud, Bali,
Indonesia (see map attached)
Invitational Opening: Saturday 9th October 2010 at 6:00pm
onward
Opening to the public: Sunday 10h October 2010 to Wednesday
29th December 2010 (Each day from 10am to
5.30pm)