This study explored the possibilities of self-acceptance through the production of glass arts as a countermeasure for those who suffer psychological pain in a rapidly changing modern society. Self-acceptance means an attitude of accepting oneself as o...
This study explored the possibilities of self-acceptance through the production of glass arts as a countermeasure for those who suffer psychological pain in a rapidly changing modern society. Self-acceptance means an attitude of accepting oneself as one is regardless of the flow of emotions. The concept of self-acceptance is comprehensively defined by researchers and is often used interchangeably with similar concepts, but the artworks are produced and analyzed with the concepts and characteristics defined in the study. Self-acceptance is ultimately a process aimed at a healthy life, and all processes and results for creating artworks using the medium of glass explore the possibilities within this purpose. The ambivalence of glass resembles the complexity of emotions, so the act of making artworks was viewed as a means to observe and deal with emotions and to help restore mental health.
The research works were created using slumping and engraving techniques, respectively, applied to the materials of ‘skin’ and ‘now’. As an example of a work of art, the works of five artists incorporating the materials of ‘skin’ and ‘now’ were selected to analyze the commonalities and differences that emerged in the way the materials were expressed and the themes were delivered. Based on this, the researcher continuously observes and touches her own skin, beginning the progress of immersing herself in the here and now and recognizing it, and confirms the progression toward facing and accepting herself. The presentation of visual outcomes through the artwork indicates the possibilities of expanding beyond self-actualization, starting with self-acceptance.
Through this approach, the study is significant as an approach to a new artistic case, in that it examined the possibilities of self-acceptance from psychological phenomena to visual results. As a result, the glass medium aimed at pursuing practicality was expanded to a range of formative elements aimed at psychological change, and the possibilities were explored centering on self-acceptance.