技法
Kiln Work
Japanese: キルンワーク
A general term for glass art created using an electric kiln. It includes techniques such as fusing, slumping, casting, pâte de verre, and pot melt. This is the subject of this essay, “Glass Through the Lens of Temperature.”
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"Kiln Work" is a general term for glass-forming techniques that use an electric kiln to heat and shape glass (treatise §0). While it shares the characteristic of shaping glass while melting it with glassblowing (lampworking), Kiln Work differs in its control method, which involves “indirect heating within the kiln according to a programmed temperature profile.” Artists cannot reach directly into the kiln to manipulate the glass; instead, they control the artistic expression through the firing program (temperature-time profile) and the design of the materials and molds. This duality of passivity and activity is a defining characteristic of Kiln Work.
Main techniques used in kiln work: fusing (melting sheet glass together), slumping and sagging (shaping by deformation), casting (pouring into a mold), pâte de verre (powder sintering), and pot melt (flowing and blending colors)
Related Concepts
η-T-tフレームワーク（eta-t-t-framework）・熔着法・熔融法（fusion-method-types）・粘度領域マップ（viscosity-zone-map）・軌跡言語（trajectory-language）・両義性（ambivalence）
This entry is written in Japanese by Rei Chikaoka and translated for readers outside Japan. If something reads oddly, the original is the source of truth.