Archive for 'commissions'
Fertile Landscapes
For the ‘Untold Stories’ Solo show at Zest Gallery in May I created a new series of pieces in cast crystal using the female figure as inspiration. Here the sections of the body that were cast from life are rendered almost abstract. Being tightly framed within a block that allows us to see beneath the [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2008 under collections, commissions, exhibits, figurative, general, human form, personal.
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Latest Figure, Patchwork Man
It has been some time since we produced a new hanging figure at the Workshop. The green patch-worked Albion Figure has been shown in several exhibitions both indoors and out and has been well received. Last year I was asked by a private client if I would be willing to adapt the patchwork theme in [...]
Posted: August 6th, 2007 under commissions, figurative, general, human form, personal.
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Elite MD Trophies
From time to time the studio is asked to design and manufacture a trophy or prestigious award. We are able to do this because the numbers required (between ten and thirty) suit our manufacturing techniques so our clients can see them as a special edition. Probably our best known creation is the MOBO Award for [...]
Posted: August 3rd, 2007 under awards, commissions, general, studio editions.
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Thames Riverbed Screen
This huge cast glass screen weighing around 200kg was the result of a close collaboration between Max and Architect James Parritt of Parritt Leng Architects.
The idea was to create a large filter to the light entering the hallway of a spacious Victorian town house in Hampstead. The client wanted a key feature for his focal [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2007 under architectural, collaboration, commissions, riverbed.
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Glass doors for N.Ireland: The Patchwork Map
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 [...]
Posted: November 11th, 2006 under architectural, collaboration, commissions.
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