Ernest Vitin is a young, extremely gifted, purposeful glass artist. He is working exclusively with float glass: cold-working it into powerful, monumental and architectural layered glass art pieces www.ernestvitin.com and sculptural glass memorials www.glasstone.eu. Embracing the layered, also called- stacked glass technique, he is the author of the largest, entirely handmade, over 22 tons heavy layered glass architectural sculpture in the Baltics- “In Nature” (2015). The hand treatment of “In Nature” spans over 20 km or 12.5 miles. It is located in the main foyer of the newly built, multi award-winning, modern Academic Centre for Natural Sciences of the University of Latvia. T he aesthetic v
We were honoured by a visit from our neighbours and artistic soulmates Kari Kuisma and his wife Raija Kuisma from accross the Baltic Sea - Pori, Finland. Kari himself is a glass artist working in the same cold glassworking technique for nearly 20 years! It was an absolute joy to our glass sculptor Ernest Vitin to be of interest to such an experienced layered glass artist as Kari! Raija also being an artist herself, working with recycled materials and vivid colours, joined us for the whole journey - from Ernest's current solo-exhibition "WITHIN THE GLASS LABYRINTH" in Riga Art Space, Old Town, to the two newly built science buildings of the University of Latvia, where two of the largest Ernes
