Glaskyrkogårdsprojektet kom till när ännu ett glasbruk las ner, denna gång ett av de största och äldsta, Orrefors glasbruk. Verket bygger på antal nedlagda glasbruk i Småland mellan 1900-talet fram till 2013. Ett glaskors för varje glasbruk som lagts ner. Korset har årtal när glasbruken föddes och när det dog. Glaskyrkogården placerades nära ett rikligt besökt gångstråk nära biblioteket och kanalen i Kalmar centrum. Det gick att besöka verket under en dag till sen kväll. Det var en fin plats att ha dem och jag fick många spontana kommentarer och respons av förbipasserande människor. Många blev förvånade att det funnits så många glasbruk.
Att glasbruken stänger är sorligt, men detta verk är en hyllning och ett ett tack till det som varit och ett välkomnande till det nya. Länge leve glashantverket!
The Glass Cemetery project came about when yet another glassworks closed down, this time one of the largest and oldest, Orrefors Glassworks. The work is based on the number of closed glassworks in Småland between the 1900s and 2013. A glass cross for each glassworks that closed down. The cross has the year when the glassworks was born and when it died. The Glass Cemetery was placed near a well-visited pedestrian street near the library and the canal in the center of Kalmar. It was possible to visit the works during a day until late evening. It was a nice place to have them and I received many spontaneous comments and responses from people passing by. Many were surprised that there had been so many glassworks.
Att glasbruken stänger är sorligt, men detta verk är en hyllning och ett ett tack till det som varit och ett välkomnande till det nya. Länge leve glashantverket!
The Glass Cemetery project came about when yet another glassworks closed down, this time one of the largest and oldest, Orrefors Glassworks. The work is based on the number of closed glassworks in Småland between the 1900s and 2013. A glass cross for each glassworks that closed down. The cross has the year when the glassworks was born and when it died. The Glass Cemetery was placed near a well-visited pedestrian street near the library and the canal in the center of Kalmar. It was possible to visit the works during a day until late evening. It was a nice place to have them and I received many spontaneous comments and responses from people passing by. Many were surprised that there had been so many glassworks.
The fact that the glassworks are closing is sad, but this work is a tribute and a thank you to what has been and a welcome to the new. Long live the glass craft!
