Tang Shui | Pâte de Verre Plate

Pâte de verre (French, “glass paste”) is made by first taking a plaster mold of a clay. model. Next, glass powder is mixed with a special binding agent to create a paste. The resulting paste is put into the plaster mold and fired. The heat causes the glass to melt and fuse, taking the form of the mold. The piece is slowly allowed to cool and then removed from the mold and finished. When a piece is created this way, extremely fine bubbles of air are trapped within the glass, giving works of pâte de verre their signature translucency and distinct, pale glow.