Off the Shore, into the Fire
ARTIFACT: The glass art of Benjamin Kikkert is inspired by industrial forms encrusted with life. Brandon Wei 24 Dec 2020 | Hakai Magazine Brandon Wei is a journalist based in Vancouver, B.C., and graduate of the UBC School of Journalism. He is a fellow at Hakai Magazine. SHARES What might seem a seasonal ornament is actually a homage to fishing float flotsam found on a Newfoundland beach. Glassblower Benjamin Kikkert says making it involved a ‘marvelously complicated’ four-stage process with hot sculpted glass. He made the original vessel, cooled it, wove a ...
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