If you think glasswork involves nothing more than everyday household wares, think again. Italian artisan Daniela Forti uses a unique process to create stunningly surreal and unique works of translucent art, and they might remind you of a familiar sea creature.

　　如果您认为玻璃制品只涉及日常家庭用品，请再次考虑。意大利工匠丹尼拉·福蒂（Daniela Forti）使用独特的过程，创造出超现实和独特的半透明艺术作品，他们可能会提醒您一个熟悉的海洋生物。

　　Though Forti hails from Rome, she claims fame from her mastery of long-refined Tuscan tradition. The 57-year-old has been living and working among the rolling hills of Chainti since 1982, and she’s upholding her hard-earned reputation as a master of vetreriawith her latest collection, appropriately dubbed Meduse– the Italian name for jellyfish. She produces these breathtaking table-like sculptures through glass fusion – a technique which involves strategically melting down already-solid pieces of glass until they meld and weave together, forming new and beautiful shapes. In the case of Meduse, gravity is the instrument that helps Forti fashion the realistic ‘tentacles’ they possess.

　　尽管Forti来自罗马，她还是以她对长期精致的托斯卡纳传统的掌握而闻名。57岁一直生活并自1982年以来Chainti的连绵起伏的丘陵之间的工作，而且她坚持她的辛苦挣来的声誉的大师VETRERIA与她的最新系列，适当称为Meduse-水母意大利名。她通过玻璃融合生产这些令人惊叹的桌面雕塑 - 这种技术涉及到战略上将已经固体的玻璃碎片融化，直到它们融合在一起，形成新的和美丽的形状。在Meduse的情况下，重力是帮助Forti塑造他们拥有的现实“触角”的工具。