We are both delighted to have been selected for the British Glass Biennial 2024! The artists work has been selected to present the most interesting, diverse and outstanding glass art made in the UK in the last two years. Work by established artists and emerging talent will be on display, including 21 students.
We are looking forward to being part of this important exhibition in the calendar of glass exhibitions in the UK again. • #selected #selectedwork #biennale #glassart #britishglassbiennale #britishglass #britishartists #artistmade #sallyfawkesglass #richardjacksonglass #exhibition
I (Sally) have been teaching @_glass_and_ceramics on the island of Bornholm, Denmark for 20 years now to teach the introduction to glass casting on the Batchelor Craft course. It is a very busy week!
We start by making simple clay models that the students set up as static glass casts.
While these casts are in the kiln the students create three dimensional models with undercuts in modelling wax, manipulating the wax by hand. The moulds they make for these are more complex lost wax casting moulds and are larger.
While these moulds are steaming out we move on to the fun of making hot pour gelflex moulds of objects of the students choosing. These range from vegetables to toothbrushes to rocks to candlesticks to toy guns to even, one year a whole chicken carcass.
While their gelflex moulds are cooling and solidifying the students start on their next challenge. They are all given a very plain wax vessel which, by any means they choose through experimentation, they transform into a unique vessel. This third round of mould making means the students stretch their skills further by having scaled up again.
They also make glass casts of the objects from life that they made rubber moulds of.
The first simple static casts come out of the kiln just in time to get a few hours of cold working time on their objects before I head home.
While this is all going on there is the technical side of all the aspects of casting glass such as firing cycles, different mould materials, working temperatures, different glasses, heat reactions, and a whole host of variables that require consideration when learning the process and… lest we forget the all important weaving of creative ideas into the fabric of making.
Following on from the 20th anniversary of Collect art fair, @londonglassblowing are presenting a special exhibition of fresh creations from their portfolio of British makers. You can see these three pieces of Richard’s there. Exhibition closes 31 March. 1. From Past Memory XIX 2. Silent Reduction 3. Returning Cycle II • #gather #londonexhibition #thesethree #glassart #glasssculpture #glass #verrecontemporain #contemporaryglass #contemporaryglasssculpture #richardjackson ##richardjacksonglass #following #collect #artforsale #glassforsale #creations #inlondon #britishmakers #jacksonfawkesglass #londonglassblowing #roundandround
I (Sally) have been reunited with a glass sculpture I made 23 years ago in 2001 that had sustained a couple of chips during a house move. Moments like these are rather special, as memories surface. Diametrical Response formed part of a 3 person exhibition titled ‘A Sense of Place’ @scottishgallery with @colinreidglass and Maria Barnes, during April and May 2001. This exhibition was the start of a good working relationship with the Scottish Gallery with a few solo exhibitions and part of many group shows. I am extremely grateful to Amanda Game who was a director and curator of the area of applied arts for the opportunity early on in my career as an artist working glass. I had many excellent conversations with Amanda over the years and echoes of her words and guidance follow me still today. In fact we still manage the meeting of our words on occasion and these meetings still mean a lot to me. It is also a good time to connect with how your own work has developed over time. Diametrical Response is now repaired and back with its owner. • #reunited #diametrical #response #23yearsago #repaired #glasssculpture #scottishgallery #momentslikethese #special #amandagame #appliedarts #opportunity #mycareer #workinginglass #glassart #glassartist #grateful #sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #goodworkingrelationship #glasschips #glassrepair #opticalglass #overtime #developed
What better day than International Women’s Day to reveal that Sally’s glass sculpture Eternal Exchange XXVI has recently been purchased for the permanent collection @museeduverreconches in France . Sally is pictured here with Eric Louet, director of the museum and Eternal Exchange XXVI whilst is was on display in our joint exhibition Inspirer Expirer last year. A big thank you to Eric, the city of Conches, the museum trustees and the French museums committee in Paris for making this acquisition possible. • #museumcollection #frenchmuseum #galeriecollection #museums #musee #glassmuseum #glassart #glasssculpture #womenartists #internationalwomensday #womenatwork #womenandglass #femaleartist #glassartist #glass #girlpower #womenwhomake #sallyfawkes #sallyfawkesglass #glasssculpture #contemporaryglass #contemporaryglassart #artcollector #glasscollector #thankyou #glasscollection #verre #verrecontemporain #sculpturelovers #sculpture #sculture
Join us this morning at 11.30 am to hear Richard talk about his glass sculptures @collectartfair , stand E24 @londonglassblowing . • #collect #artiststalk #talk #artfair #newwork #london #londonartfair #glassart #sculpture #glasssculpture #richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #thismorning #joinus
This Saturday @collectartfair Richard is giving a talk about the making of his glass art work. 11.30 am - stand E 24 @londonglassblowing where you can see Richard’s glass sculptures too. Collect booth talks are free to ticket holders. Tickets to Collect can be purchased on the website of @somersethouse . Hope to see you there! • #talk #collect #seeyouthere #making #glassmaking #lecture #saturday #glassart #glassartist #glasssculpture #artwork #talkabout #free #somersethouse #londonglassblowing #richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #see #sculpture #sculptureartist
Putting videos together of our finished artworks so they can be seen in 360 is always fun. 😀 We both tend to gravitate towards undertaking certain aspects of our work, generally Sally is our videographer and Richard is our photographer. You can see Richard’s large sculpted glass artwork- RETURNING CYCLE II @collectartfair on the @londonglassblowing Stand E24 @somersethouse from 1-3 March. Video by Sally - Music - Heart of the Ocean by @purrplecatmusic - Thanks to Purple Cat for allowing the@music to be shared. https://purplecat.com/ Music promoted by http://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/. Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 http:/:creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ • #videos #360 #largescaleart #sculpture #sculptureart #sculptureartist #glassart #glassartist #finishedart #finishedobject #ourwork #returning #cycles #videographer #artwork #sculpted #glass #artcollector #artfair #collect #collectart #richardjackson #richardjacksonglass #contemporaryglassart #artforsale #artforinteriordesigners #londonexhibition