Wedding Glass
Broken shards of glass transformed using lampworking
Owners: Stefanie and Ashley Agar
Repaired by: Attua Aparicio Torinos in London, 2022
This chain is made of the shards of a glass broken 15 years ago as part of a non-religious performance of the Jewish wedding ritual of ‘breaking the glass’.
Ashley breaking a glass at his wedding. Image Courtesy of Stefanie and Ashley Agar. Photo by Ben Leslie.
Story
Keen to incorporate her Jewish heritage into the wedding day, Stefanie explained: “As the ceremony was secular, we performed the ritual glass breaking as guests were going into dinner, followed by the traditional 'Mazel Tov' cheer. Our wedding brought together friends and families from across cultures, religions, countries, and the marriage is still going strong though we have all changed. I would see the repaired glass as a symbol of that.”
Repair
Mindful of the glass’s symbolism, multidisciplinary artist Attua Aparicio Torinos wanted to preserve each individual shard in her repair. She made each link by stretching and shaping the molten glass shards and smoothing their sharp edges. The resulting chain can be interpreted as a symbol of connection, love and eternity.
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