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His telling explorations of humankind's obsessions are unique in contemporary British glass and they tread a line between comedy and tragedy.
Friends II
Galerie Internationale Du Verre
Chemin des Combes, 06410 Biot, France
www.galerieduverre.com
Friends II Verriales 2025 - ODESSEY
Life as an artist is an Odessey, a journey that starts young as a desire to draw and make things and use your imagination. It can then take you on to an exploration of new ideas and techniques. As you acquire these new skills it opens a world of art and artists, some of whom become friends.
And so, the Odessey begins, taking you on to travel to new lands meet new people and acquire more new friends. All the time you are absorbing more information and ideas to feed your imagination and to develop your work. It is a lifetime journey of discovery
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tel: 04 93 65 03 00, fax.04 93 65 0056
serge@galerieduverre.com
Casual Bystanders III
London Glass Blowing
62-66 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3UD
http://londonglassblowing.co.uk
Casual Bystanders
The use of mixed media has been part of my work for many years and while glass is my main working media I like bringing it together with other materials to give the work a sculptural depth. I have also found that using a combination of materials strengthens the narrative in my work.
In this series, Casual Bystanders, I am using bronze cast pieces for the first time. This is a process which has always interested me and is very near, in technique, to the process of lost wax casting glass, which I use. In these two pieces I have worked with the bronze caster Freddy Morris who has helped me create the bronze staffs the figures are holding.
The staffs are there to give these pieces a sense of surreal theatre. I am using the title Casual Bystanders in an ironic and somewhat sarcastic way. By having the figures standing passively with blank expressions I suggest that there are elements within our society and political elite who are blind to the growing problems in society and stand casually by as these problems grow.
Open: Monday – Saturday, 10am – 6pm
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Friends VI
Etienne Gallery
De Lind 38, 5061 HX, Oisterwijk, Holland
http://www.etiennegallery.nl/
Friends VI
These are optimistic pieces which challenge a world of anger and division, we all need friends the more the merrier.
http://www.etiennegallery.nl/
tel: +31-(0)13-5299599