This series began with a craving for color. An inner call for lightness, brightness, and play. After years of working in darker tones, with deep and often painful narratives, a moment came when I longed for a pure affirmation of life. Something that doesn’t need to be explained or justified—something that simply is, like a smile in the sun or a dance without music.

“Melting Joy” is a collection of unique glass sculptures—colorful, sensual, sometimes transparent, sometimes intensely vivid, always one of a kind. It’s my first time working with such a saturated palette—a gesture of courage, but also of necessity—as if my body and imagination finally needed to be saturated with joy.

The molds I use to shape the glass are all handcrafted by me. I’ve been carving, burning, and modifying wooden cylinders for years—their surfaces subtly deform over time, making each piece truly unrepeatable. For this series, I’ve added steel inserts resembling steps or stairs—elements that introduce contrast, structure, tension. Working with fire, glass, and air is always an encounter with unpredictability—I allow the material to speak its own language, while still trying to shape it on my own terms.

Each of these sculptures is an experiment with color and texture. Glossy and matte at once. Physically heavy, yet fleeting in perception. Reminiscent of sweetness, but not sweet. Bold, playful, sensual. Like an impulse, a memory of a touch that sends a shiver through the skin. Something you want to hold onto, even if you’re not sure you can.

This series remains open. Each new form is a continuation of the same longing—for connection with joy, color, and form. It’s glass that doesn’t obey—it plays. With light, with shape, with me.