Fused Glass Art

The artist starts with sheets of glass, makes a design, cuts the pieces and arranges them to create her piece and puts the final product into a kiln to fire it. The fusion of the piece can take almost 14 hours. Afterwards, the flat fused piece can be "slumped" or shaped into a bowl or any other object by re-firing it. All produced work is dish-washer safe and microwaveable.

CAGLA INSELBAG: ARTIST'S STATEMENT

Glass and color have always fascinated Cagla Inselbag. After a life time of exposure to fine arts, Cagla's love of glass and color motivated her to begin working with stained glass. Strength and fragility of glass, rich colors and designs from her past were all influential in the pieces she created. However, stained glass was also restraining and traditional, and frustrating at times. When Cagla had an opportunity to study the technique of fused glass at Glass Furnace, www.glassfurnace.org in Istanbul, Turkey with Rene Culler, and later to work with Locartha Kohler at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, she became fascinated and invigorated by this process. Fusing glass provided a sense of freedom and serenity for the artist. Creativity in fusing glass is continuous and infinite until the final piece is placed in the kiln, thus enabling the artist to explore her limits. The focus is on the emotion that the combination of colors and form produces. The end result yields inner peace, harmony and beauty.

Contact

Cagla Inselbag
Cimi Fused Glass Ardmore,
Pennsylvania 19003

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