Glass, made in antiquity Sterrin Smalbrugge Ronald Ophuis

Ronald Ophuis

Wolken komen in alle vormen en maten

andere kunstenaars en zelfs hier en daar een huisdier

Heeft professor Grutjes het weer eens laten slingeren

in de buidel van een kangoeroe

Glass, made in antiquity Sterrin Smalbrugge Ronald OphuisGlass is one of the most intriguing materials we know, combining a number of attractive properties. Sometimes its colours are mesmerizingly beautiful, at other times we wonder at its transparency. It seldom reacts with other substances and so does not absorb odours. A disadvantage is its fragility. But it does recycle well something the ancients already knew (and put to good use?). For them too, particularly in Roman times glass played an important