After that delicious cheese interlude, here’s something a little different via This Is Colossal:
Driven by an interest in the biological process of cell division, artist Jiyong Lee (previously) fabricates translucent sculptural works of segmented glass components fused through coldworking techniques. Some pieces purposefully take the form of organic life with titles such as “White-orange Chromosome Segmentation” or “Geometric cell membrane segmentation” while others are decidedly more geometric in nature. Born and raised in South Korea, Lee has helmed the glass program at Southern Illinois University since 2005. He most recently had a solo exhibition with Clara Scremini Gallery in Paris, and you can see many more of his pieces on Artsy.
They’ve got a lovely soft feel to them – knowing they’re made of glass just adds to the compulsion to touch them and run my fingers over all the surfaces and the edges and the lines.
I think this one’s my favourite:
white Drosophila embryo segmentation, 6.5h x 14.5w x 5.75d (inch), 2014, from This Is Colossal
There’s plenty more examples from Jiyong Lee’s website:
white segmentation-construction, 9.25h x 11.25w x 11.25d (inch), 2013
Green cosmarium segmentation, 7.25 x 10 x 7.25 inch, 2018
Blue-Yellow cuboid segmentation, 10.5 x 9 x 5 inch, 2015
Go look! With other interesting stuff, too.
Now I want to make them from resin.
I get a “server IP address could not be found” error on that coldworking link. Anybody else have a problem?
Want.
I bet if you get a tiny bit of oil on them, they’ve got to make a trip through the dishwasher.
You just want to touch them. I really like the blue/yellow one.
Want. To. Touch.
I get intoxicated feeling bits of seaglass. That jelly bean up top is really calling my name.