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Laura Quinn

  • Glassblower
  • Reading, United Kingdom
  • Rising Star
Laura Quinn Glassblower
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Engineering glass for the future

  • • Laura has an innovative approach to glass sculpture
  • • She encourages people to touch her glass artworks
  • • She is committed to teaching the next generation

Rather than a mere specialist in glass making, Laura Quinn sees herself as a material engineer. “I am always figuring out unusual ways to work with glass, to push the perceived boundaries of the craft,” she explains. She combines traditional techniques, like glass blowing and lampworking, with alternative methods such as waterjet cutting and 3D printing. “In order for our craft to survive, we need to not only be custodians of tradition, but pioneers of innovation as well.” The results of this approach are objects that are repairable and flexible, welcoming human interaction and challenging the idea that glass is too fragile to touch. “People generally don’t know they can touch my work when it is displayed in galleries. I always encourage them to do so.”

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Works

  • ©Sylvain Deleu
  • ©Sylvain Deleu
  • ©Sylvain Deleu
  • ©Sylvain Deleu
  • ©Sylvain Deleu
Photo: ©Sylvain Deleu
Haptic Bellow III

This is a sculptural glass form with white leaf formations within a flexible membrane in the cold worked cavity of a white blown glass form. It is inspired by the morise (bit-work) technique to create intricate decorative details and the long neck bottle forms is reminiscent of Venetian glass blowing.

Length 21 cm
Width 21 cm
Height 26 cm

Photo: ©Sylvain Deleu
Haptic Bellow II

This sculptural glass form is made with black leaf formations within a flexible membrane in the cold worked cavity of a black blown glass form. It is inspired by the morise (bit-work) technique to create intricate decorative details and the long neck bottle forms is reminiscent of Venetian glass blowing.

Length 21 cm
Width 21 cm
Height 26 cm

Photo: ©Sylvain Deleu
Tacit Breath

This is a sculptural glass form with a long neck and bulbous body, which evokes the behaviour of hot glass under the elongating effects of gravity during the making process. The spiked glass formations spark a curiosity to touch, but also an uncertainty of their ability to survive human interaction.

Length 20 cm
Width 23 cm
Height 36 cm

Photo: ©Sylvain Deleu
Tacit Dimension

This sculptural glass piece combines handmade glass components with a cast silicone facade in a blown black glass body. Its black spiked lampworked glass formations spark a curiosity to touch, but also an uncertainty of their ability to survive human interaction.

Length 21 cm
Width 23 cm
Height 22 cm

Photo: ©Sylvain Deleu
Tacit Light

This contemporary wall light is inspired by traditional chandeliers. Nearly 200 individually made glass components sit within a flexible silicone, allowing viewers to touch the glass. Also inspired by fungi, the components flow around a central point, creating a flurry of glass.

Length 70 cm
Width 70 cm
Height 8 cm

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