We squeeze the rope to change the tension and the pitch of the skin.
Technical: Blown glass.
Material: Glass, goat skin, metal rings, rope.
Dimensions: diameter: 9’’, height: 16.5’’
Year of fabrication: 2003
Photo by: Robert Clouâtre
Glass Musical Instruments... Glass is a wonderful material,
visually and with a great potential of resonance.
With a high density, (2,6 time heavier than water) glass vibrate easily, projecting and letting slide the sound without muting it.
The multiples possibilities of textures, transparencies, opacity and coloration, give me the opportunity to create pieces with an excellent acoustic and visual. Contrary to what we can think, it is quite difficult to break these objects unless you give it a violent shock that would break most of the musical instrument we use (violin, guitar, flute, clay darbouka…)
For any other question about my instruments,
please contact me.
