I’m not sure whether to characterize today’s amazing maker as a glass artist or a jewelry artist, but either way, wowie! This is the jaw-dropping wearable art by Barcelona-based Augustina Ros. Her contemporary jewelry is made with blown, flameworked borosilicate glass. Some pieces also include gold or silver metal fuming, done by placing a piece of pure noble metal on top of a rod of high-melting point glass or crystal. The metal is then super heated and placed inside a piece of hot blown glass. As the metal vaporizes, it changes the look of the blown glass. That vapor is how Ros achieves her beautiful sheer colors. Fuming is known among the glass community as a very tricky technique, and Ros has certainly mastered it.
“I choose the glass as my raw material par excellence because with it I can handle different techniques and get to create the work that I imagine, where the old meets the modern. In constant exploration, I look for inspiration in the past that create my present and define the future. I try to summarize the visual information, minimizing the senses in pieces that can express with simplicity a complex concept.”
-Augustina Ros Process
You can follow Augustina Ros on her website and on Instagram and Facebook.
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September 19, 2019 at 6:03 am
More fabulously tempting goodies!
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September 19, 2019 at 8:46 am
They really are amazing, aren’t they?
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September 19, 2019 at 1:29 pm
Absolutely!
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September 19, 2019 at 6:53 am
Her jewelry remind me a bit of the work Elsa Petretti did for Tiffany many years back. Especially the shapes for her rings.
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September 19, 2019 at 8:47 am
That’s a good point! I definitely see the similarities.
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September 19, 2019 at 7:20 am
Very artistic but not too sure about wearing glass. They look heavy.
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September 19, 2019 at 8:47 am
They are certainly either heavy or fragile, but I do love the look of them!
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September 19, 2019 at 7:32 am
Love this beautiful wearable art! However – some of the oversized pieces were not my thing – but the simpler ones were – thanks for sharing 😊
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September 19, 2019 at 8:48 am
Glad you liked them!
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September 19, 2019 at 9:55 am
Must be a male thing, I like the model more than the jewelry, Hal
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September 19, 2019 at 11:13 am
Haha. I can see that.
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September 19, 2019 at 12:46 pm
Beautiful! I especially love the more “blobby”, organic pieces, the ones that look like they could be pebbles but they are glossy and shiny.
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September 19, 2019 at 4:21 pm
Those are my faves too!
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September 19, 2019 at 2:37 pm
Very special and beautiful work, Donna 🙂
I would prefer to use those pieces for decoration, as they seem to be much too heavy weight for wearing.
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September 19, 2019 at 4:22 pm
I certainly wouldn’t wear them for everyday, but I could see wearing them to a gallery opening or especially fabulous party!
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