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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

With its many styles and forms, glass has long been favoured for its visual lightness, structurally sound qualities and versatile beauty in both art and interior design. Modern visionary and a pioneer in Singapore’s glass-making field, Florence Ng sheds light on its evolution and new possibilities.

HOW DID YOU START WORKING WITH GLASS AND WHAT INSPIRED YOU?

I first encountered glass in 1984, when I supplied and installed glass in windows. Trained in advertising arts and as a graphic designer, I wanted to discover more ways to create art with it. In 1990, I flew to Europe’s biggest glass trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, and later to Seattle to learn the art of fusing and blowing from

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