Artist dedicated to glass craft future

For 56-year-old Zhang Chunlin, a happy life cannot be realized without two things - glass and grinding wheels.

Wearing a leather apron, Zhang held a glass disc in both hands and placed it against a rapidly spinning grinding wheel used for carving designs into glass. The glass artist carefully controlled the angle and strength with his hands. About an hour later, a vibrant peacock appeared on the glass.

Zhang's Tianjin workshop is full of glass carvings, etchings and painted artwork. On a large piece of glass measuring 1-meter long and 60-centimeters wide, a carved lion "moves" its mane in the wind. The delicate artwork often draws admiring visitors.