chenghsin

It has been forever it seems since the last time I posted anything on this site. I just finished reading some of the comments that were placed here by other Deviant Artists and I must say I was really pleased. I thank you for those critiques and commants, I have been in one of those times in an artists life when things like this give me the drive to carry on. We all have ups and downs and things have been on the down side for awhile now. I am still working but sometimes it feels just that, like work. Support from fellow artists is what brings back the joy. Thank you all, I hope to post some new things soon.

It is so hard to truly work with this material. To use the glass as opposed to being used by it. The material has such a beauty in and of itself its hard to tell when people like your work or is it just the glass. When I try to create "serious" glass art I always try to figure out how to use the glass to convey the things that other materials cannot. The simplest way I have found is to use its ability to transmit light. Light then becomes my metaphor for enlightenment and we get something interesting, usually. Other glass artists do it differently I am sure and each to his own. I am still trying to work out the whole process and it is still r

Don't know what to say or where to begin. I saw a web site created by an old friend of mine die the other day. He created an outlet for some of his creative tendencies and then had to remove it because othres in his profession seemed to feel it was improper. I don't know much about it but I read his farewell notice and was quite moved. He was always such a good writer I will miss being able to access his thoughts whenever I feel like it. Not much to say about it other than that I miss him. I think I'll call.