We had an
early start with our first destination being London Bridge. The weather was
warm, but I started to freeze when we walked over the bridge.
I can't
remember name of the glass gallery we visited after the textile museum, but I
loved all the works in there. I especially enjoyed the tiniest threads of glass
contained inside the large glass tubes in every different colour, stacked by
rows against the wall. The lighting behind a rack made the bubbles inside the
glass tube clearer, and it made me feel like
I was in a science lab, inventing something. His glass works were really
cool!!
Peter
Layton's satellite dish made of small fragments of clear glass was beautiful. I
thought it would be a nice chandellier when hung down from the ceiling.
One of
artist I really liked was Harry Morgan. His works show different states of
materiality, using processes that fluctuate between accident and control.
Morgan also believes materials have different states or phases, and that glass
sits in an unusual place within those conditions. His works made me reflect back on my glass
classes I took last year. In the class, I tried really hard to be in control of
what I wanted to make, but at the same time, I was also waiting for that little
accident to happen, for mysterious and uncertain outcomes.
Donna
Brennan's studio visit was very helpful. I especially like upstairs where she
worked.
I was
very interested in her way of producing works with different approaches, one
artistic and the other being a product line. I think I have learnt the most on
taking different approaches when working as an individual or for the gallery,
and problems encountered when orders are received and you are expected to
reproduce the work multiple times in a short amount of time.
Our last night in London!
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