Honorable Mention / 2022 / Press / Feature Story

• Photographer
  Chin-Fa Tzeng, Taiwan

Put a long glass rod into a furnace up to 1300 Celsius to melt and burn. When the front end of the long rod burned red, hot, and soft, the glass completely lost its original color. It is the best time for the glass to be blow molded.
Glass blowing requires practiced skill! To prevent the glass from falling off as it melted and softened, the master must keep changing the glass rod in his hand while blowing. So that the density of the glass is evenly spread. Glass blowing needs to endure the sweltering environment of high temperature and heat and the frustration of blowing failure.