2020 2nd International Conference on Humanities, Cultures, Arts and Design (ICHCAD 2020)

Research on the Creativity and Application Value of Glass Art

Yichu Yu
Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Shanghai, 201620, China
[email protected]

Keywords: Glass Art, Creativity, Application Value

Abstract: Glass has a long history. According to the latest archaeological and historical research
results of glass, the birthplace of glass must be the ancient Egyptian method with a long history of
Middle East or Nile civilization. Today, human beings step into the door of the information society.
Great changes have taken place in human ideology and social structure. In this rapidly changing
world, the development of glass art products is an opportunity and challenge. At present, the
research on glass art at home and abroad mainly focuses on glass material manufacturing process,
art form, art works and glass artists, and the research in related fields is basically limited in the field
of material technology and art products. Therefore, this paper attempts to make a systematic and
detailed analysis and Research on the application value of glass art products from the perspective of
industrial revolution and industry.

1. Introduction
Glass has a long history and the exact location of its invention has not been determined.
According to the latest archaeological and historical research results of glass, the birthplace of glass
should be ancient Egypt in the Middle East or the Nile basin with a long history of civilization in
the two river basin. Legend has it that the early glass was invented by the ancient Venetian
merchants by accident: once, their merchant ships docked at the mouth of the Syrian river. Glass
has the special characteristics of light transmission, prospect, solid insulation and heat
preservation[1]. With the continuous improvement of people's living preferences, glass products are
widely used in daily life. Now, the partition of glass door and window and the decoration of glass
are very popular in home decoration. Glass landscape art is also widely used in landscape design.
China glass art market has a bright future and many business opportunities. To this end, some
economists predict that the new era of glass economy and art has come, but China's glass art
industry is in the primary stage of development. In the past decades in Europe and the United States,
the current development foundation of glass art market, under the guidance of Professor Zheng
Jianqi, the relevant projects and related research of tutors, and the research of application value of
glass art, as the research topic of graduation thesis, has been decided.

2. The Development of Glass Art

Compared with the brilliant history of ceramic development, the development of China's glass is
not as long as that of pottery, and a considerable part of the glass manufacturing technology comes
from the West Persia and Rome. According to archaeological data, China's earliest glass products
appeared in the late spring and Autumn period[2]. The glass beads and laser glass pieces unearthed
in Henan and Hubei belong to the late spring and Autumn period. During the Warring States period,
the number of glass products increased, adding many new varieties such as glass wall, glass sticker,
glass sword decoration, glass cicada, etc. In the west of Han Dynasty, a large number of glasses
were imported from the West Roman and Persian countries, and the quantity and variety of glass
products were increasing. It is worth noting that the Western Han Dynasty has begun to
manufacture two glass earcups and glass products similar to glass plates unearthed in the Han
Tombs in Mancheng, Hebei Province. Nian cup is a typical container form in Han Dynasty[3].
These glass products belong to lead barium glass. The manufacturing method is the same as that of
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the glass goblet or glass tipper hook produced at that time, and the casting method is used.
In the past three thousand years, the development history of Chinese traditional glass art is
irregular, often in the form of decoration, props or some functions. In traditional Chinese culture,
glass art has always occupied a non mainstream position. The reasons must be closely related to the
fact that they are not really popular[4]. In terms of materials, the Chinese glass before the northern
and Southern Dynasties was mainly fragile, heat-resistant and inconvenient for daily use. After the
northern and Southern Dynasties, China introduced the West soda lime glass, and developed the
high lead and alkaline glass based on the lead barium glass. The price is expensive, and most of
them are luxury goods for wealthy families. From the point of view of process analysis, it is very
difficult for glass to be used on ceramics in the early stage of technical treatment. Its application
value is not as good as that of ceramics, which hinders its promotion and application[5]. Therefore,
the development of Chinese traditional glass is far less than other arts and crafts such as ceramics
and jadeite. However, from a long history of development, with the development of materials and
technology, shape, color and decoration are constantly changing. Like the traditional culture of
other aborigines, Chinese traditional glass art has strong national characteristics and unique
historical imprint, which is an indispensable part of Chinese civilization.

3. Material Characteristics and Processing Technology of Glass Materials

3.1. Material Characteristics of Glass
All kinds of materials show personality through unique properties. When glass is used as a
design material, it has a series of clear and valuable characteristics, which constitute a unique
expression language.

Figure 1 Glass art

3.2. Transparency
In order to illustrate the transparency of glass materials, working in water and air, we imitate the
production of glass art. The transparency of glass is very characteristic. It is a special and precious
text that other materials cannot be consistent[6]. Pure and perfect transparent visual effect not only
conveys clean, careful and bright beauty, but also conveys pure, frank and selfless character.
Transparent materials are characterized by imagination, which can be used for metaphor and
imagination, and can also form an atmosphere and feeling that other materials cannot imitate. Glass
is a kind of cold resistant and hard material with transparent and refractable light resistant
appearance. The glass is heavy and strong, because at first it can't be seen because of transparency.
It is not only the character of glass and mechanical industrial society, but also the natural, simple,
warm and comfortable appearance. The feeling of transparent material is the charm of glass. And
that gives the glass plenty of expression space. There are various changes in the transparency of
glass, including transparent, translucent, and even opaque colors. Transparent, colorless, transparent,
very pure and transparent, full of transparent foam impurities.

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3.3. Refraction and Reflectance
Another beauty of glass material is light, because it's right, it's refraction and reflection[7].
Transparent, compact and smooth materials have good transmittance, and can have various
reactions such as transmission, refraction, reflection, absorption and so on. Light is of great
significance to glass art. Light, glass has soul. Glass materials have wonderful luster under the
action of light. The hard and smooth surface has strong reflective ability. High quality optical glass
has refractive characteristics. After the correct calculation, the diamond method can be used to set
the regular glass body to reflect the dazzling light. After firing, the naturally condensed surface is
round and glossy. Glass with different thickness and color has more beautiful color density change
under light transmission[8]. Light transmission, refraction and reflection reflect the charm of glass's
unique materials. Due to the participation of light, the volume and texture of glass can sometimes
make people feel happy. The skillful use or close of light's variability or contrast, or simplicity or
fantasy, are all important glass arts.

4. Technological Innovation of China's Contemporary Decorative Art Glass

In China, the use of shape crafts is also very hard and unique. The choice of craftsmen is
multifaceted. This can be derived from Chinese tradition or borrowed from the West. In addition,
designers can make materials according to the unexpected combination of design effects of
materials or crafts.
Traditional Chinese glass crafts mainly include disassembly, nesting and interior painting.
Among them, dewaxing casting process is inherited from bronze manufacturing. In the Qing
Dynasty, nesting and internal painting flourished. In Han Dynasty, China invented dewaxing
casting technology. Since then, this process has disappeared and become a regret in the history of
Chinese skills. After years of painstaking research, he restored this special glass wax casting
method, so that this traditional glass technology can continue[9]. Then, hundreds of Chinese glass
studios began to use dewaxing casting. This traditional glass process will continue. Since then,
hundreds of Chinese glass artists have begun to make glass art. This has played a very important
role in the protection and inheritance of traditional crafts. Moreover, as the second batch of
intangible cultural heritage protection, the state has listed the glass launching technology. It can be
seen that it is important for the continuation of traditional glass technology and provides hope for
the development of modern decorative art glass in China.

Figure 2 Glass art in the context of oriental culture

5. Reference of Western Technology

The technology of luminescent glass in the west is more advanced than that in China. Glass
technology in China often depends on bronze and jadeite techniques. After modern times, the form
of economic globalization has further promoted the introduction of Western technology. Of course,
this situation promotes the development of Chinese glass crafts from another aspect. The glass
technology research institute has applied this process to develop new decorative ideas for
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microcrystalline glass to study the artistic influence of printing and inkjet on the surface of
microcrystalline glass. When the pattern is printed on the microcrystalline glass, it will appear on
the ordinary flat glass. In order to better display the artistry of printed matter, we launched it. The
texture of glass ceramics is hard, which can completely imitate the texture of natural marble[10].
The invention of digital ink-jet process extends the glass ceramic decoration method, and can better
display the charm of materials in the field of architectural decoration. Ink jet printing has bright
color and high production efficiency. Most importantly, the ink used in this technology is pollution-
free and will not easily disappear in the oxidation state. Therefore, the glass ink-jet printing
technology is very suitable for the production of architectural decorative glass. The process of
printing on glass not only opens up a new path for the design of architectural decorative glass, but
also destroys the modern architectural design culture.

6. Conclusion
In the development of glass art, the development of Chinese and foreign glass art as the main
line of research, and with time to summarize. The development history of glass art in China and
foreign countries. Through the study of the overall development of glass art, the development of
science and technology has been separated, the hand has been extended, the change of human life
style, and the future development of glass art has pointed out the direction and is clear. In terms of
the material characteristics and processing technology of glass art, the material characteristics and
processing technology of glass art are carried out. Classification abstract is the basis of analyzing
the application value of glass art products. Only when we have a deep understanding and grasp of
the material characteristics can we have confidence in the design process. At the same time,
excellent skills are to achieve the premise and ensure the best effect of the product. It can be said
that design and materials and skills are inseparable. Now the focus of glass art product research is
art, excluding technology from the door. From the perspective of innovation and design, please use
scientific and rigorous methods to investigate this problem. Therefore, I think this paper is based on
the concept of science and design as the starting point to analyze and solve problems.

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