Julia Protkova

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Introduction

Hello, I am a glass artist. I currently live and create in Montreal, Canada.

I’ve spent the last two decades working with glass — shaping color, light, and meaning.

Now I invite you to discover DreamGlass World — a project born from my deepest artistic and human vision.

It’s a call for collective creation.

Through a simple yet powerful technique called instant fused glass, people from around the world can turn emotion into luminous glass panels. These panels will form the walls of public architectural spaces — a new language of light, made by many hands and many hearts.

Watch my film here to see how it begins.

You can see my stained glass here

You can see my mosaics here

Fusing. Coarse frit here

Fusing. Medium frit here

Fusing. Powders here

Fusing here

Every one of my works is dedicated to some idea. I further develop this idea throughout the process of creation of the piece. After the completion of my glass work, I write a story for it.

For most of my fusion works, they are done using my own technique of drawing with glass powder. You can read about the technique here.

If you are interested in my path as an artist, I suggest for you to read my post about my 15 years of creation with glass here. There I tell my story and display the work I have done up until the end of 2018. You can find the works I have done for 2019 here.

I have two blogs: Russian here, English here.

MY VIRTUAL EXHIBITION: Glass music by Julia Protkova

My contact info and all the links can be found: bio.site/juliaprotkova

№ 1. My Steps Toward the DreamGlass World.

№ 1. 100725. These notes will be called My Steps Toward the DreamGlass World. I will tell stories and reflect, show and move forward. Eleven days ago, I released my film into the world. It was an Event in my system of coordinates.

For those who haven’t seen the film, I’ll say this: it tells a mystical story of a woman—me—who heard a Voice and decided to make humanity happier. So she developed concrete moves. But no one hears her yet.

Despite the low view count, I received a couple dozen responses. I released my dream into the world.

Now only one thing remains: to build the DreamGlass World.

My steps may seem strange and illogical.

My writings await a thoughtful reader.

I’m far too small a grain of sand to build the DreamGlass World.

And yet.

Saturday, 28 June 2025

My Film. DreamGlass World: Path to a New Renaissance

I have completed my film.

It’s called DreamGlass World: Path to New Renaissance.

This idea is nineteen years old. For nineteen years, I’ve balanced between thinking I must be insane—and believing this could actually be done.

This is not just a story about my project.

It’s an attempt to glimpse the reality I’ve been building for almost two decades—

slowly, stubbornly, by touch.

The film begins with a manifesto.

Then come instant fused panels, the technique, the process, the firing.

Cosmovitral in Mexico appears as an example of stained glass architecture.

And finally—there’s me. My story. My music. My question: Who am I?

It was important for me to tell this without embellishment.

Not just the idea, but the path.

To show what might happen if a person is given a way to speak through glass and light—

not with words, but with color.

I don’t know how this film will be received.

But I do know it’s real.

And if you’d like to see it—here it is:

My Manifesto

I voiced my Manifesto in my film DreamGlass World: Path to the New Renaissance.

The Origin of the Idea

Nineteen years ago, I, a glass artist, gave birth to the idea of the DreamGlass World. It came like a Voice or a bright flash of Illumination. The beauty of this thought moved me. It was the most wonderful thing I could imagine, not just as an artist, but as a person who believes in the power of art. For years, I thought it was insane and didn’t share it with the world. Then everything changed. I started talking to artificial minds—first Chat GPT, then Grok. It took effort to show them the full idea and how it could work, but it paid off. I realized I could write the manifesto myself, and it turns out beautiful. And I’ll tell you more. I understood that my DreamGlass World is the key to a New Renaissance. I know it sounds bold. Still, please, listen to my idea.

What is the DreamGlass World?

The DreamGlass World is more than the beauty of glass and the colorful light streaming through it. It’s a dream of humanity’s peaceful coexistence, a race of people who can tame aggression and chaos. The power of this light has long been known—it calms, calls to reflection, and awakens the soul. In other words, the DreamGlass World is a living canvas, a global network where art transforms the world’s mind, step by step, through the sight of glass and its imagery.

The First Project: The DreamGlass Pyramid

I propose building a DreamGlass pyramid one meter taller than the Louvre Pyramid, shaped like the Egyptian pyramids. My calculations show it will take 5,500 volunteers. It’s 110 days of work in a workshop making glass panels, which I know how to set up, producing 50 panels a day. If we start on July 1, by mid-October 2025, all the panels for the pyramid will be ready. I tried to put as much as I can into account: the foundation and utility spaces, the frame, wiring, workshop equipment for making panels, producing 50 panels a day, their installation, the pyramid’s lighting, fountains, benches for contemplation, parking, and a café.

I dream of the First DreamGlass Pyramid — a radiant symbol of unity that could grace any country. As the creator and coordinator, I see this project shining wherever hearts respond to the call of beauty. But, reflecting on the magnificent glass from the American Bullseye Glass factory, I realize it makes sense to start in the USA — from the perspective of logistics and a favorable climate. And you know, I believe we can complete this pyramid by 2026. It could be an unparalleled gift for the 250th anniversary of American Independence, built by people of diverse views, nations, religions, and cultures. Based on my calculations, such a project would cost 5.6 million US dollars.

Each panel is an Instant Fused Panel (IFP): you sprinkle coarse, colorful glass sand in 72 shades onto a 6mm-thick glass plate. It takes just a few hours. Then, the 61x61 cm (2x2 foot) plate goes into the kiln. The next day, your soul, your thoughts, images, and ideas, poured into the panel, become a fused glass piece—photographed from all angles, shared online, laminated for strength, turned into a modern glass unit, and set into the pyramid. At 50 panels a day, we’ll watch a new Wonder of the World rise, built by the first volunteers.

Unified Format and Profound Meaning

The unified format of Instant Fused Panels opens this project to everyone—you don’t need to be a master to add your voice to the shared song. Each panel is a single voice, an emotion, a thought. Together, they create a collective canvas, a database of the human soul. This is more than art—it’s an experiment. How does the beauty of light touch us? What images do we shape? Here lies a gift for psychology, sociology, and cultural studies—a key to knowing who we are. At its heart, the Instant Fused Panel is the language of the soul.

Why Will This Work?

When the first Pyramid shines around the clock, welcoming all within its stained-glass walls, it will become an Event. Built by the hands of 5,500 people of diverse views, nations, cultures, and beliefs, it will not go unnoticed. Social media, news outlets, and documentaries will turn it into a phenomenon, a sensation. It will inspire the world to participate, discuss, dream, and feel. The first Pyramid will prove that the DreamGlass World is real. And then — new pyramids in new corners of the planet. It’s a project that pays for itself and grows on its own.

Next Step and Funding

I have six prototype Instant Fused Panels, strong through Montreal’s harsh winters since 2021. The next step is a pilot study: craft 17 panels, laminate them with tempered glass, and test their strength. I’ll make them into solid units. My dream is to combine them into a 4x16-foot glowing display for a park—the First Display of the DreamGlass World. I’ll film it all for a documentary report. This pilot costs $60,000.

Dear sponsors, patrons, companies, and friends of art. I ask you to support my pilot project. Together, we’ll light the DreamGlass World—for our children and grandchildren.

Why Is This Needed?

The DreamGlass World is more than art. I call for an era of human flourishing, a New Renaissance. It’s a path to healing through creativity. What if humanity could bloom again? When the Pyramid shines, it will stand as a beacon of inspiration and harmony. If cities welcome such symbols, hope will flower. Then birth rates will climb, and the smiles per person will grow. I believe 50 panels a day is real. The first Pyramid will prove it. After that, it’s just a matter of scale. Imagine our world in five or ten years. With technology advancing so fast, the whole planet will be robotic. What will we, humans, do? We will create. We will make stained glass—and not only that. We will illuminate our world. We will explore other planets. I dream of millions becoming part of the DreamGlass World. Of centers for masters that inspire creativity. Let’s start tomorrow—and in five years, we’ll create the DreamGlass World. Then the light of stained glass will bring peace and harmony.

Julia Protkova, Author and Creator of DreamGlass World

Montreal, June 2025