Jacob Vincent is a glass artist living and working in Massachusetts where he maintains a private studio. Jacob’s practice includes glass casting and cold working, as well as glassblowing and lamp working.

Process

As an artist, I exist somewhere between sculptor and machinist. In essence, I employ the same process that a stone carver would use. Rather than a hammer and chisel, diamond grinding tools carve away glass from solid blocks. Every peak and valley and curve and facet is hand carved. The process is rough and raw. Glass is delicate, but it is also an incredibly hard material. Even stone is soft by comparison. So the grinding process is brutal, with diamond coated steel wheels gouging out glass a millimeter at a time. Remarkably, something so delicate can only come from such rough treatment.

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