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Eva Moosbrugger

  • Glass sculptor
  • Dornbirn, Austria
  • Master Artisan
Eva Moosbrugger Glass sculptor
Contact
German, English, French, Italian
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+43 69917037110
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Glass as an expression of pure joy

  • • Haptics are a vital element in Eva's creative work
  • • She has a strong connection to Murano
  • • Her varied creative background allows her to apply many techniques to her glass pieces

At the age of 16, Eva Moosbrugger sought out craftspeople and artists who could teach her a variety of artistic disciplines, as she had not been allowed to attend art school. As her creative path evolved, she moved from painting to wall reliefs, to concrete and cast bronze, raku ceramics, and stone sculpture. "A new material was always a logical step forward for me." With the intention of creating objects that radiate joy and cheerfulness, she came up against the limits of stone as a material. It was the colourful glass object in the window of a second-hand shop that sparked Eva's interest in glass. Instantly she understood the unique qualities of glass: transparency and the magical play with light. Today, Eva visits glassworks all over Europe, preferably in Murano, to produce her blanks, which she occasionally treats with hammer and chisel like a stonemason might. Then, in her Dornbirn studio, she revises the shape, refines complex surface details and further processes them.

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Works

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Loaves

Loaves are free blown and hot shaped into very large, heavy sculptures. The transparent, amber-hued glass represents the sun's light, which makes the grain ripen for our daily bread. They are engraved by a stone wheel and polished by hand.

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Fruits sauvages

Using ancient Muranese techniques zanfirico and a canna, Eva Moosbrugger made these three multicoloured and nature-inspired sculptures with free blowing and hot shaping. Copperwheel engravings, a piatti, and her own 'haptoglyph' technique are used to structure the surface.

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Beach Combing series

Inlaid with coloured glass rods, these four sculptures are made of opaque glass. The glass was free blown and hot shaped, and multiple overlays were applied. The openings are made by hand (while blowing) or by sculptural uncovering (cold work). The surface is hand-structured.

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Amber gem

This solidly blown, heavy object allows the light to dance. With numerous overlays in crystal, this transparent amber-hued glass is free blown and hot shaped. Copper-wheel engraving seeds structure the surface. The piece is part of the Jewel collection.

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Memory Object series

This collection of fine art sculptures was designed as dignified urns for burying the ashes of loved ones. The glass is free-blown with stone and copper-wheel engravings that have been hand-polished. These urns were awarded, among others, by Focus Open 2015 and German Design Award 2017.

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