​RUNA KOSOGAWA

I record the vigor of nature and memory of the land with glass. Because I describe glass as “a material that can trap time and memory forever,” and believes that there is beauty in things that have changed over time and in things that are fragile and seem to disappear.

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With the COVID-19 pandemic, we realized that we can never know when we might lose our lives, and we could appreciate the vigor of nature when our movements were restricted. I started production on works with the theme of “Documenting the land.”

I selected flamework as the technique for this project so that it can be carried out in places where there is no access to glass blowing facilities (hot shop). I blew borosilicate glass melted with an oxygen burner torch and engraved the date and the place name onto each of the blown glass balls.

I made many glass balls by using natural materials (soil, stones and water) that make up the landscape of around my home. Using the collected soil and stones to make molds, I blew the glass into them and used water from the river behind my home to create ice cracks in the glass balls.