Posted by Astrid in
General
Wednesday, August 29. 2007
Normally I'm a very careful person.
But when it comes to passion in my life things are turning upside down and long-life experiences blew up in the air like silver foil in a hot flame.
I have two major passions in my life. At least to be honest I think I have several more but these two are main parts of my spirit.
The first passion which I grew up with are horses.
I started horse riding at the age of 8 and continued it ever since. There were parts in my life where my first priority was on other things but I always had to return to these beautiful creatures. Nothing is more enjoyable and relaxing than a long ride galloping over green pastures and feeling the wind in your face.
My second major passion is art.
It also started at a very early age and I can't remember doing something else during all this years which was not related to arts. My studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich even more opened my mind up to all unconventional ideas and being a free spirit myself I really enjoyed those years of experimenting and self-finding.
Since I discovered the art of working with hot glass many years ago, my long journey came to a very satisfying point. Finally I found myself a companion, a free-spirit, not always unpredictable, but sometimes surprisingly reacting in unexpected ways from day to day.
Glass, molten glass!
Don't think it's an easy way to express yourself. Glass is a very precious material which needs to be handled carefully and with respect. But once you have found the way to show its incomparable beauty you have discovered one of the most satisfying things on earth.