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Kathryna Cuschieri

  • Fire Works Studio
  • Glass fuser
  • Feakle, Ireland
  • Master Artisan
Kathryna Cuschieri Glass fuser
Contact
English, French, Italian, Maltese
Hours:
Monday to Friday 10:00 - 17:00
Phone:
+353 871249570
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Glass narratives

  • • Kathryna specialises in the slumping and fusing techniques
  • • She incorporates digital photographs into the glass
  • • She is predominately self-taught

Kathryna Cuschieri was born in Malta in 1962 and then moved to England in 1976. Later she completed a foundation in art at Thurrock Polytechnic in Essex and later graduated with a bachelor's degree in Fine Art from Coventry University. She set up her studio in Ireland in 1993. Fireworks Studio is located in the rural and picturesque Glendree, County Clare. Kathryna is influenced by her inner world of visions, magical images and fairytales. Using the potential of hot glass, she embraces the fragility of the material to express this dream world that informs the collective consciousness, examining the cultural impact on modern life. Her works have been commissioned for a variety of settings from private homes to schools, hospitals and corporate buildings.

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Works

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Photo: © Annabelle Brown
Angel Thread of Hope

This sculpture is a clear glass cast of a woman’s back, fractured in places. The pieces are sewn together with stitches of glass and copper. Within the structure the Caduceus is depicted in the shape of wings. A copper rod winds up the spine and a small raven of wisdom perches near the base. The glass cast is held between two clear glass upright panels, each of which contain a gold feather. Across the top of the panel sits a row of seven pink fused glass flowers.

Length 15 cm
Width 40 cm
Height 70 cm

Photo: © Annabelle Brown
The Dress of Passion

This wearable glass dress is one of seven in a series expressing the shamanic perceptions of the Luminous Warrior. The dress is shown from the back with blue and green cascading down it to represent water. The coloured pieces of glass are constructed like the chainmail of a warrior. Each glass piece is polished, drilled and sewn onto steel mesh fabric. On the upper body are clear iridised ripples of glass, the train of the dress flows to the ground like a fish tail.

Length 122 cm
Width 91 cm
Height 152 cm
Diameter 38 cm

Photo: © Annabelle Brown
The Dress of Passion

This wearable glass dress is one of seven in a series expressing the seven shamanic perceptions of the Luminous Warrior. The dress is shown from the front. It is designed to enable movement; glass pieces are constructed like chainmail. Each glass piece is polished, drilled and sewn onto steel mesh. Over the heart space is a cast glass breast plate, depicting two swans. In the two voids between the swans’ bodies, there is the shape of Metatron’s cube. A white leather band with silver studs holds a skirt of numerous white glass feathers.

Height 122 cm
Width 91 cm
Height 152 cm
Diameter 38 cm

Photo: © Annabelle Brown
Dazzling Shield of the Heart

A slumped glass sculpture representing a shield. Two layers of glass nesting into one another. The bottom layer contains photographic decals of indigenous butterflies of Ireland, highlighted with light aqua glass enamel. The top layer contains flowers and ivy leaves with metallic qualities. The butterflies seen beneath fly out into the open, representing a transformation.

Height 8 cm
Diameter 38 cm

Photo: © Annabelle Brown
The Spirit of the Liffey

A large glass installation for a corporate reception. The River Liffey is brought to life using a large range of blue and green glass to replicate the first 1756 Dublin map. On each side of the river, handmade Uroboros Ming green glass mirrors the iron oxide colour found in the float glass of the outer walls of the building. The piece is seen against the soft grey marble of the interior wall.

Width 335 cm
Height 427 cm

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