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Map-i project: ethos
As part of my academic work at the University of Sunderland, I undertake research. through which I have had to find a way of articulating what it is that I do on a daily basis when working on architectural glass projects. As the majority of my work is site-specific, the first thing I turn [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited and making things…
It has been a little while since I have updated the blog posts here. Not that it has been quiet despite my best intentions… At the end of March I went to Belgium for the well attended re-opening of the Mercator Museum on the 24th March and delivered a talk on Tuesday 26th of March to a [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited
This week the eleven glass pieces for the Map-i: Mercator Revisited exhibition will be collected so I have been busy signing all the work and packing it up, ready for transport to Belgium. The exhibition will run at the Mercator Museum in Sint-Niklaas in Belgium from Sunday 24th March until 15th of December 2013 so [...]
the choreography of glass blowing
When I visited the Lamberts glass factory in Germany a few years back, I was really taken by the wordless choreography between the eight men which made up a team of glass blowers clustered around a furnace, producing huge glass cylinders called ‘muffs’. The dance these men perform is beautiful to watch; each perform a [...]
Lead Light weekend class; still spaces!
The Lead Light class this weekend (23-24th February 2013) will be taken by Rachel O’Dell at the idagos glass studio. There are still spaces available if you want to join us? Over two days, you will learn to make your own stained glass panel using coloured glass sheet and lead came, working from a paper [...]
Map-i; Mercator Revisited
An appropriate piece for St-Valentine’s; based on the heart shaped map projection by Horonce Fine, this new piece “Tu Es Hic” (You Are Here) has a excerpt from the apocalyptic “The Road” engraved on the surface, perhaps an antidote to the saccharine pink or reds of today? Nevertheless, here is to our wonderful beautiful world [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited
Thanks to a concerted effort by many people who have helped me during the last few months, a new body of work has started to emerge in the last few weeks. There is still quite a lot of work to finish but it is great to see some conclusion taking shape. This weekend, a photoshoot of [...]
Map-i: Mercator Revisited
It has been snowing outside, just little wisps of snowflakes delicately fluttering to the ground, and inside the studio is nice and warm as the kiln has been on again. Inside the kiln are some more component pieces cooling down for the two ‘pole’ plates I am making, the two final pieces in the series [...]
Map-i; Mercator Revisited; going global!
On Wednesday I picked up the 14 components which make up the scaled down rapid prototyped model made at A-Map in Sunderland. There are two pole caps and twelve ‘gores’ or segments which make up the proposed glass globe. Over the last few days I have been trying to get the details right as to [...]
Map-i: Mercator
Earlier this week I received confirmation that a book will be published to coincide with new the new work being developed for the Mercator Revisited exhibition, which is fantastic news. However, this does mean that deadline for the work being ready is being brought forward in order to meet the print deadline! So the already [...]