How a self-taught master from Baranovichi creates paintings on glass with a hammer
Raman Bondar is an artist from Baranovichi who uses a hammer to create unusual paintings from glass. Cracks obediently form patterns and faces of famous people. BelTA found out from the "crystal master" how he mastered the technique, which is used by only about a dozen people in the world.
Raman's creative story began with a road accident. At the moment of the accident, a branch fell on the windshield, and for a split second, he saw an image in the cracks.
Raman admits that he doesn't believe in signs of fate, but agrees: there would be no happiness if misfortune hadn't helped. If not for that accident, he would not have discovered his talent and would not have shown Belarusians completely new modern art. By the way, masters working with broken glass can be counted on the fingers of one hand worldwide. In Belarus, Raman is the only one.
How did he learn this technique? No one in the world shares their skills or conducts courses.
Raman simply took a hammer in his hands, placed glass in front of him, and started hitting it. After two years of practice, the first portrait emerged from the cracks.
"'In any endeavor, observation is important: if you carefully look at the details and try to reproduce them, you can achieve a result,' he is convinced. 'The main thing is not to start with thoughts about money. When creativity comes from an inner impulse, it turns out to be genuine.'"
He never makes a sketch for a future painting, only marks certain areas – where the nose, eyes will be. The master creates his works on black multi-layered glass (triplex), because ordinary glass shatters into small fragments upon impact.
According to him, one can only roughly imagine how a crack will proceed. And then the glass, as if by itself, "tells" what to do.
Raman is gradually moving away from portraits to creating images on the glass of shop windows, salons, and restaurants. And he has a dream.
"'Colleagues from other countries make window displays a maximum of 5-10 meters long. But I want something grandiose: a 50-meter-long installation!' shares Raman Bondar. 'It could be a face, a logo, or some symbolic image that reflects the essence of the building or the country.'"
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