Max Jacquard

In Spring of 200 Glassforms completed a set of three sliding glass doors for a private house in Bangor, N.Ireland. They were all over 2 metres high and top hung on sliding clamp fittings. We were given a free hand to create three different designs that in some way connected to the site and the location.It was agreed with the client that we would create three slump textured panels in 10mm float. These would be drilled and toughened making them able to meet health and safety requirements for this type of situation.

For the first door we created a kind of map using a patchwork of
knitted textures taken from handmade Arran style jumpers and cardigans collected in the local charity shops. The area chosen for the map was the Aars Penisular with Bangor at the top and the Stranghorn Lough at the bottom.

The images show the patchwork map under construction and completed on the bench .

This detail shows the top hung fitting.

Below is the door in closed and open positions