The Creation of a Glass Mosaic Art to Reflect Dharma Using Recycled Glass

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Asawinee Wanjing

Abstract

          Glass art is a traditional art that has existed since the ancient times when glasswork was commonly applied to decoration of buildings in monasteries and significant utensils. The creation of artworks of this style emerged from the belief in Buddhism and the respect to the King with the objective to make the aforementioned effects look beautiful (The Fine Arts Department, 2002, p. 80). This idea concurred with the religious belief which related to the concept of heaven, where things were decorated with glittering diamonds. Religion has been an inseparable core of Thai society’s spiritual beliefs and therefore, religious teachings have been reflected through artworks, since ‘art’ is a medium that easily disseminates knowledge and builds understanding. I created artworks for 2 temples. In the process, it was observed that colored glass that was used in the creation of art works was expensive, and there were only 6 colors available, which caused limitation to the creation. Therefore, I tried a new glass coloring technique by combining the technique to paint the color underneath the glass pieces in ancient style with modern materials. This technique enabled the creation of various art works as more colors could be painted on glass. As for the experiment in this research project, I used glass from abandoned computer screens in order to create works of art. There were issues and problems that led to limited popularity of glasswork, including high price of glass. However, this technique saved money and reduced the polluting wastes. To research and experiment the reuse of used glass material by scientific method then used to create a glass art. This project was presented as contemporary art works under the title ‘Silp-Dharma’ or ‘Art- Religion (Religious Art)’. The processes of this scientific experiment were painting, pasting of gold leaves and putting pieces of glass together as images. Students and those interested in art can apply this technique and further develop other ideas in the future.


Keywords: Glass Mosaic Art, Reflect Dharma, Recycled Glass

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How to Cite
WANJING, Asawinee. The Creation of a Glass Mosaic Art to Reflect Dharma Using Recycled Glass. Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), [S.l.], v. 16, n. 1, p. 116-130, jan. 2023. ISSN 2985-0231. Available at: <https://www.journal.nu.ac.th/JCDR/article/view/Vol-16-No-1-2023-116-130>. Date accessed: 29 mar. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.14456/jcdr-hs.2023.9.