As an artist, the more technical skills you have, the better you can present your ideas. And Simon Berger has such good hands, he’s creating even when he’s destroying. Give him a hammer and a chisel and Simon will carve you a glass portrait just like that.
Someone really was pissed with that shop
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“Glass is a material that has so much potential in art,”. “[Using my workmanship experience,] I have found a technique which is probably the most unique in the [entire] world.”
They really messed up its window!
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The trained carpenter started his artistic journey using wood but soon began experimenting with other materials as well. At one point, Simon even created a portrait from an upcycled calculation machine.
Wait, is it a shop?
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The artist starts a piece with a photo of a model. He then sketches its outlines on a panel of glass. From there, Simon marks the spots he doesn’t want to break and the ones he wants to edit a little. The best glass for these projects is something that doesn’t break immediately after being hit. Like a car’s windshield.
Ah, ok. It’s a gallery!
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“Human faces have always fascinated me,” the artist said. “On safety glass, these motifs come into their own and magically attract visitors. It is a discovery from abstract fogging to figurative perception.”
And that’s not vandalism
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Recently, Simon’s meticulous work has had a very successful exhibition in Philipp Brogli’s gallery Artstübli in Basel, Switzerland.
It’s a portrait by Simon Berger
Image credits: Simon Berger
Image credits: Simon Berger
People immediately fell in love with this piece
