Waldglas - Vanity Bowl

Waldglas Series The Waldglas series draws from early forest glass traditions—where material scarcity, local resources, and furnace conditions shaped both colour and form. Historically, “forest glass” carried its distinctive green tones from iron-rich sands and wood-fired ash. In this series, that lineage is revisited and reinterpreted through a contemporary lens. Each piece is blown in deeply saturated greens that shift from translucent olive to near-black density, recalling the depth and variability of historical glass. Rather than aiming for clarity or refinement, the work embraces thickness, distortion, and tonal variation—qualities that speak to glass as a material in flux rather than a perfected surface. Forms are simple and grounded, allowing the colour and weight of the material to take precedence. Subtle inconsistencies—ripples, density shifts, and optical warping—become active elements, echoing the unpredictability of early glassmaking processes. Waldglas reflects an ongoing interest in glass as both a historical artefact and a living material. It considers how a substance once developed to imitate precious stones has, over time, established its own language—only to now sit again at the edge of transformation.