Velvet Mare ≋ Ivana Zuskinová

Velvet Mare
bowl collection, glass objects ❷⓿❷❻

material: fusing, screen printing with glass powder
photography: Shotby.Us, Filip Švácha, Tereza Valnerová
collaboration: TGK - Skalice u České Lípy

Alongside my work with glass, I have long been working in digital graphics under the name Morska Panda. The digital space became my personal laboratory for shapes, colors and post-internet aesthetics that have accompanied my work for years.

Through screen printing with glass powder, I found a way to translate digital visuals into glass — my physical medium. The collection reflects freedom in color and form, while themes of water, fluidity and flow continuously move through the visual language of the objects.

The demanding nature of glass simultaneously transforms this fluidity into a slowed-down process shaped by time, precision and material transformation.

Each object is created through a complex combination of techniques including slumping, fusing, screen printing with glass powder and the handmade production of the screen itself. The base glass is hot-rolled directly at the glassworks and every detail is made by hand.

The glass objects are carefully shaped and tinted, creating a dynamic interplay of light, color and transparency.