Hi, I submitted the OP because I found it cool and interesting, esp after seeing the clip of the artist creating a piece using only a hammer.

My only motivation for submitting the OP was thinking that others here would find it cool and interesting too.

That falls within the HN guidelines, don't you think?

I disagree quite a bit. For me the medium, the technique, the process is all part of the art. Yet I still think the end result is also critical. But coming up with create ways to produce art matters.

And I am confused about the “doing it any other way”? I don’t really see other ways to achieve the same result. Say painting and photography will both produce end results that are quite different. The skills are very different. The end material is also quite different. The same way stained glass is quite different from painting

while i’m definitely a newcomer in HN terms, i love seeing things like this on the front page. it’s certainly interesting

If you can't tell the difference between oil on canvas and artistically shattered glass at a glance you might need... New glasses!