Breathe

Vase and Lighting Collection by Jahday Ford 

– handmade, blown hot glass and wood moulded  

(Digital Programming by Joseph Hillary)

Breathe is a glassware collection by glass artist and designer Jahday Ford. Using the process of recording, digital rendering and wood moulding, I’ve facilitated digital programmer Joseph Hillary in line with my glass practice to formulate the concept of digital-craft. Applying two widely diverse fields of making into one product seemed difficult at the beginning, although the relationship between the maker and the process became the focal point of its manifestation. After recording the sound of me blowing into the iron, it provided a platform for the wave pattern to be transferred into a visual stimulus. This sound wave is then manipulated into a three dimensional form using basic tools and software in Solidworks. With this data or ‘G-code’, we processed a beech-wood mould using a CNC router to accurately mill the desired shape and digital lining out of solid wood. Once the mould is prepped with water, hot molten glass is spun and blown inside the mould at a slow to fast rate. Since the outer membrane of glass is molten it effectively lines the surface with each detail and cools the inner area therefore capturing a fascinating natural process that has been occurring before the birth of humanity. 

“By recording blown sound waves, it has essentially frozen the process in time, where the craftsman is embodying himself directly in the work with incredibly precise detail. This allows me to express my artistry in glass implementing unique methods aside from traditional hand making techniques.”

Please inquire for personalised and various colour finishes from this collection.