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Knitting with Glass

OK perhaps this post should be called using glass to make an object appear knitted, but that's far too wordy.  Carol Milne  a Canadian-born sculptor now living in Seattle, Washington (U.S.A.) painstakingly creates objects like the following.  (See photos below)   The production process includes four parts:  1) make a wax sculpture of the knitted piece, 2) cover the wax with a material that will act as the form for the piece, 3) melt the wax away and 4) place the mold in a kiln where glass crystals are added, polish and presto the process is complete . (Click on the link to see  the process.)  And I thought knitting lace was complicated, it looks like child's play in comparison.  I don't suppose any of these projects can be frogged like yarn projects can; one must just get it right the first time. Carol describes her Knitted Glass in this way:  A metaphor for the fragility of life and the pow...