Glass works

When the low temperatures are below zero for ten days running, and I tire of dressing in so many layers that I resemble the little boy in The Christmas Story to chase designs in the snow, my photographic mind turns, once again, to still life.

Tucked in one of the holiday gift bags we received this season was the most wonderful little jewel, made in the Palestinian Territories.  It is Hebron glass.  Artists Tawfiq Alnatsha and Hamzeh Natsheh were two of the vendors at the Santa Fe International Folk Art Market who create Hebron glass.  They participated in the market for the first time in 2011.

In detail, the striations and lines in the glass remind me of photographs of the rings of Saturn, snow drifts, sandstone, or patterns in the sand from which glass such as this is made.

Glass is something we use every day and frequently take for granted.  It has been made in many forms and colors for thousands of years.  I am in awe of and have immense respect for the people who make glass blowing their trade.     

until next Monday,

DB

a passion for the image