MOMENTO WONDERGLASS
Can a material in motion hold a moment still?
A bead of water hangs in the air just before it falls, gathering light within. Glass has the same moment—when the molten form glows as it turns solid.
MOMENTO holds that instant. The elliptical shadow, folding over itself, captures the glassmaker’s spinning technique. A gentle ripple of light, like a droplet hitting still water.
The Moment Series (2013–ongoing) is an exploration into the nature of time, expressed through the ever-changing existence of water.
For me, water and glass share the same essence: they are living materials. They shine most brilliantly not when forced into a predetermined shape, but when allowed to follow their natural flow, guided by gravity and heat. In the spontaneous forms of these living materials, I have always seen a reflection of time itself.
The vast expanse of a surface reflecting distant landscapes—FLOW[T]. The fleeting instant of a droplet as it yields to gravity—MOMENTO. The pulse of a constant, living flow—CASCADE. And the quiet retention of light as it settles and stays—FLUID.
Through these different states of water, this series seeks to capture various fragments of time—the momentary, the continuous, and the enduring.
To depict time is to attempt to touch the invisible. Light, I believe, is the element that quietly brings to the surface the memories held within that time.
An instant, a sequence, a duration, a density. Where shifting light and material overlap, I hope to leave a quiet mark of the time that passes through us all.
One material, one dialogue, one question—still open, which is why the work continues.
The installation was shown at the Istituto dei Ciechi—Milan’s historic institute for the blind, a nineteenth-century palazzo on Via Vivaio that opens its halls to FuoriSalone each April. WonderGlass had shown FOG there the year before; in 2015, MOMENTO filled the dark hall.
