I would love to hear more, actual longform content regarding this topic. There are so many facets to the conversation; what makes borosilicate unique? Which artists highlight these features the most? Which artists have a consistently recognizable, yet unique and masterfully difficult to replicate style? Even counterfeit art and the ability to verify pieces has a role in all this. Every art "genre" undergoes a pioneer phase, and after that phase is over, it becomes increasingly unlikely for new artists to "make it big." Borosilicate is exciting because it's so uniquely new to the world, but we are already in the final quarter of its pioneer phase. Which means the market is changing a little, being consolidated from an artist-heavy market to a resale-heavy market. Still though, real collectors know that certain artists will only continue to go up in value. Which means parts of the market are still going very strong. It goes without saying that the worse the overall economy is, the worse markets will be. But the less underground a scene is, the better the "market" will be. Art journalism/photography is essential for the scene to become more known, as well as for archival purposes. That will be where the boro scene becomes active again. All it takes is a famous rapper or something to wear a "designer" glass pendant in a muaic video, and for everyone to want one and lots of journalism to be done about it. Or even a big museum doing a boro exhibit. Or a famous magazine to do an article on an artist/the scene. The scene is definitely not dead
In an ideal world if the worldcontinues as normal... it's an artisan craft / art form, people will always hold on to this. And dabbing / glass culture will only get more popular in my opinion, hopefully semi mainstream eventually. But yea, world is topsy turvy right now and it's going to have an influence. There are people out there holding on to condiment packets from the 1900s that are worth thousands 😂😂 it will never 'die', but it's commodity market and it will fluctuate a lot
I just got a stundenglass yes with glass globes and im looking at a proxy with bong adaptor and im a disabled pensioner so i think glass is in good shape
What's your glass blowing page called??? It's not glassblowers saying the glass market is dead... It's regular people and re-sellers/flippers of glass who are saying it.
If you’re a true collector, it can’t die. No one can kill my passion.
I would love to hear more, actual longform content regarding this topic. There are so many facets to the conversation; what makes borosilicate unique? Which artists highlight these features the most? Which artists have a consistently recognizable, yet unique and masterfully difficult to replicate style? Even counterfeit art and the ability to verify pieces has a role in all this.
Every art "genre" undergoes a pioneer phase, and after that phase is over, it becomes increasingly unlikely for new artists to "make it big." Borosilicate is exciting because it's so uniquely new to the world, but we are already in the final quarter of its pioneer phase. Which means the market is changing a little, being consolidated from an artist-heavy market to a resale-heavy market. Still though, real collectors know that certain artists will only continue to go up in value. Which means parts of the market are still going very strong.
It goes without saying that the worse the overall economy is, the worse markets will be. But the less underground a scene is, the better the "market" will be. Art journalism/photography is essential for the scene to become more known, as well as for archival purposes. That will be where the boro scene becomes active again. All it takes is a famous rapper or something to wear a "designer" glass pendant in a muaic video, and for everyone to want one and lots of journalism to be done about it. Or even a big museum doing a boro exhibit. Or a famous magazine to do an article on an artist/the scene.
The scene is definitely not dead
In Australia 🇦🇺 i love borosilicate hand blown glass
I’m no economist either but in down trending economies niche markets dissolve and then come back. STAY ON YOUR TORCH.
Exactly market corrections. Goes too high, drops too low and then levels out
In an ideal world if the worldcontinues as normal... it's an artisan craft / art form, people will always hold on to this. And dabbing / glass culture will only get more popular in my opinion, hopefully semi mainstream eventually. But yea, world is topsy turvy right now and it's going to have an influence. There are people out there holding on to condiment packets from the 1900s that are worth thousands 😂😂 it will never 'die', but it's commodity market and it will fluctuate a lot
I think glass is finer than diamonds 💎
Ill pay for functionality
I just got a stundenglass yes with glass globes and im looking at a proxy with bong adaptor and im a disabled pensioner so i think glass is in good shape
Not really. I'm still making sales. If they aren't buying your work time to make something new. 😂
What's your glass blowing page called???
It's not glassblowers saying the glass market is dead... It's regular people and re-sellers/flippers of glass who are saying it.