Sculpture professor Andrew Kosorok certainly has his hands full for the next three years making representations of the names of God — all 99 of them.

Having gained an interest in Islam after 9/11, Kosorok found many parallels between his Mormon faith and Islam. Islam’s traditional 99 names for God – “The Provider,” “The Compassionate” – inspired Kosorok to dive deeper into Islamic theology.

Kosorok, who teaches at Brigham Young University, aims to produce one glass sculpture for each of the 99 names, and one final piece to represent all the names together – 100 installations in all. So far, he’s finished seven pieces; five are in production and 13 others are planned by year’s end.   »»» Houston Chronicle

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