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Welcome to
Vulcan Glassworks, featuring flameworked glass art by Matthew Olian.
“Alchemy
is an art and Vulcan (the governor of fire) is the artist in it: 'He who is
Vulcan has the power of the art ... All things have been created in an
unfinished state, nothing is finished, but Vulcan must bring all things to
their completion. Everything is at first created in its prima materia, its
original stuff; whereupon Vulcan comes, and develops it into its final
substance ... God created iron but not that which is to be made of it. He
enjoined fire, and Vulcan, who is the lord of fire, to do the rest ... From
this it follows that iron must be cleansed of its dross before it can be
forged. This process is alchemy; its founder is the smith Vulcan. What is
accomplished by fire is alchemy-whether in the furnace or in the kitchen
stove. And he who governs fire is Vulcan, even if he be a cook or a man who
tends the stove.” -Paracelsus
This site is ©
Copyright Matthew Olian 2007, All Rights Reserved.
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