Hot Hanbok: Cool Glass Film wins Awards
Hot Hanbok / Cool Glass lit up Stourbridge on 27 August 2022, when the International Festival of Glass and the Korean Cultural Centre UK joined forces to stage a one-night catwalk where traditional and contemporary hanbok met wearable glass from 35 artists across seven countries. The Glass Foundry was involved through director Iwan Jones who helped shape the runway narrative with music producer Jun Seok Kim (Seoul Train) who scored the show and Dasom Baek who improvised live with mastery on the Korean flute - the sogeum. Highlights included regal looks crowned with monumental lamp-worked pieces by Korean glass artist Eunsuh Choi.
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The project’s British contributors included Fiaz Elson, whose kiln-cast practice (and Creative Director of The Glass Foundry) exemplified the exacting making behind the adornments seen on the runway. Fiaz collaborated with milener Virna Pasquinelli to realize a bold headpiece.
photo by Andy Kruczek
The catwalk translated powerfully to screen. The short film Hot Hanbok / Cool Glass went on to win Best Documentary at both the Korea International Short Film Festival 2023 and the Busan New Wave Short Film Festival 2023, and was later selected for the Glass Art Society 2024 Film Festival—recognition of a cross-cultural collaboration that fused heritage fashion, contemporary performance, and technical glass innovation.
