Stained glass objects by artist Pia Hinz offer a unique perspective on the contrast between strength and fragility. Working across regions such as Ardèche, Amsterdam and Arles, France, her sculptures transform everyday tools like hammers and screws into delicate glass pieces, questioning our relationship with functionality.

Hinz's work at La Menuiserie 2 residency explores how light passing through her creations spills color and shifts space, emphasizing the material’s narrative potential. By placing functional materials in an antithetical context of fragility, she prompts us to reconsider the value of objects beyond their practical use.

Her current project involves a permanent stained glass monument for a Parisian building, further solidifying her exploration into light and space relations through this medium. The artist’s approach challenges utilitarian spaces with an art form that celebrates both resilience and vulnerability.