Properties & Qualities
Application
Art Sample Making Product
Qualities
Translucent
Colour
Other - Glass
Sample Information
Date of creation
2021
Dimensions
Approx. 230mm x 230mm x 70mm
Weight
3000g
Culture & Context
The forms seen in the Lamella series are inspired by the gills present on fungi. The artist wanted to explore how detailed and fine she could push the material when water jet cutting. The glass was cut on a dual access, meaning that it is cut straight down.
However, when applied to the hot sculptured base and heated up, the forms then start to move into the third access creating a sense of flow and elevating it from its machined look. The research and making of this work was made possible through funding from the Royal Dublin Society Craft Bursary in association with the Design and Crafts Council Ireland which the artist won in 2022.
Process & Production
These forms were created using a combination of traditional hot glass sculpting and water jet cut glass forms. First sheets of glass were poured from the furnace and put in a kiln to cool down slowly. Once cool they were water jet cut with the patterns, and heated back up slowly. The base of these pieces was created by shaping molten glass from a furnace set at 1150c, with wooden, metal tools and wet newspaper. Once the base shape was complete it was fused to the water jet cut designs whilst hot.
All off cuts from the water jet cutting process are then recycled by re-melting them back into the furnace, creating as minimal waste as possible from this process.
Credits
Craft Maker
Laura Quinn
Library Contributor
National College of Art & Design Ireland
Photographer
Sylvain Deleu
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