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Can someone who knows about glass work tell me why this is so expensive?

>> No.757348

For "art" three grand isn't nearly as bad as it could be.

>> No.757351

>>757348
Yeah but they had a bunch of millefiori pieces that were less.
Is there something really tricky about this process or something?

>> No.757360

>>757351
Making a large block of glass completely clear like that isn't easy. Getting that little character in the middle of it ups the difficulty quite a bit (unless I'm seeing it wrong). It also seems to have some kind of magnifying or distorting effect or some such in the middle of it. Its hard to tell from the photo. Really though, the 3 grand is because its art. You could probably get a craftsman to make to something similar for quite a bit less.

>> No.757414

>>757351
>Is there something really tricky about this process or something?

Sometimes the art is in making the piece deceptively simple. Like

>>757360

noted the skill, attention to detail and forethought it may take to make that piece might be out of the capacity of most glass artists. A monolithic block of glass with a simple child-like figure in the middle may be a grand show of skill that took months to plan, weeks to set up, days to execute and didn't turn out right the first time.

Or, it could be expensive for money laundering purposes. Such is the art world.

>> No.757448

>>757346
>Yens
Last time I checked they were worth less than the Peseta.
And Japan has high wages to match the high cost of living (inflation)
Think of them as the price expressed in cents and it will all make sense.

>> No.757459
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757459

are you sure it's glass? I'd guess epoxy/resin.
also who buys art in japan?

>> No.757481

>>757351
Listen, OP: You could go to a junkyard, come home with $100 worth of shitty old junk, arrange all of it and attach it to each other in some ways, claim you're 'making a statement' about something, maybe give this collection of trash a name, and assuming you're a good enough salesman/bullshitter, convince the right people it's 'art' and sell it for thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. Sound crazy? It happens all the time.

>> No.757483

>>757459
Thats funny because there were a few artist around that time period who were heavily influenced by Japanese artist and art styles.

>> No.757496

>>757459
You are implying that realism is superior to any other art form. Your diagram only confirms that japanese art was not influenced by other countries, and should therefore be much more interesting.

>> No.757528

>>757459
Holy shit.
Japan confirmed #BTFO.

>> No.757545

>>757496
>>757483
>Deviantart fags detected.
Bad art is just as good as good art because its different!