Sachi Fujikake (1985-) creates conceptual glass sculptures of blown sheet glass that capture the delicate remnants of light and airiness that define glass as intrinsically unique from other mediums. To instill the traits of gentle softness into the hard material of glass – Fujikake finds such to be both a challenge and her very reason for creation. Devising an ingenious and original new mode of warping sheet glass in a glory hole, Fujikake is quickly garnering a following within glass circles, and although still young, has been collected by the Alexander Tutsek Foundation in Germany, Kanazawa Udatsuyama Craft Institute, and the Koganezaki Crystal Park. Fujikake first takes individual sheets of white glass and sandblasts dots onto their surfaces, deepening the holes to heighten and accentuate the shadows that form on her glass surfaces. By fusing this white glass upon a darker glass in a glory hole, she further attaches the sides to her works in a kiln, and then begins to blow the melting glass, thereby helping to warp and expand the glass in a bubble-like form. Such voluptuous curvatures are intriguing characteristics of glass that cannot be achieved by sheet glass alone, and it is the combination of techniques – kiln-working, sand-blasting, and blowing glass, that eloquently melt into an entirely new spectrum of glass for the 21st century.

Public Collections :

Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Germany

Kanazawa Utatsuyama Craft Workshop, Japan

Koganezaki Crystal Park, Japan

Victoria and Albert Museum, UK