This sculptural glass installation has been crafted from a combination of hollow glass and solid glass. The glass pieces were lampworked, adding smaller glass details onto a central blown glass sphere.
Height 20 cm
Width 12 cm
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©Marcel Krol
©Guido Akster
©Astrid v.d. IJssel
Miranda van der Waal
- Glassblower
- Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Master Artisan
Contact
Dutch, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+31 645679457
+31 645679457
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The glass conjurer
- • Miranda has followed the path of her ancestors
- • Her creations are experiments with colour
- • Technique and intuition are her magic ingredients
Miranda van der Waal’s glassblowing genes can be traced back four generations. As a child, she was already experimenting with glass in her mother’s workshop. "Glassblowing was in my blood, so I never made a conscious choice to become a glassblower, it was simply my destiny." Apprenticed at Van Bruggen, an established glass instrument maker, Miranda honed her skills further, learning the essential techniques of mouth blowing and hand drawing glass. Her specialist skills have led her to undertake various commissions, among them three chandeliers for the Rijksmuseum. Above all, her relationship with glass is special because of what molten glass allows her to do, to conjure her own creations as a glass artist.
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Photo: ©Guido Akster
King’s vase
Photo: ©Guido Akster
Fluff ball
This sculptural glass piece, inspired by the sinuous and colourful form of a flower or dandelion, has been handcrafted from different colours of rod glass, hand worked using various techniques of lamp work.
Height 30 cm
Width 9 cm
Photo: ©Guido Akster
Bird carafe
This sculptural carafe with an elaborate and delicate handle has been hand shaped using a blowtorch from hollow glass. The blue body of the carafe contrasts with the lighter delicate intertwining forms that make the spout and the handle.
Height 25 cm
Width 10 cm
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Tree
This sculptural piece of glass has been hand shaped from hollow glass canes, heated with a blowtorch lamp and worked with various tools to pinch and pull the glass.
Height 30 cm
Width 15 cm
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Pumpkin bottle
This sculptural glass vessel was hand shaped from a combination of hollow glass and massive glass. Miranda van der Waal uses lampworking techniques to pull and form glass heated to a malleable state with a blow torch.
Height 18 cm
Width 11 cm
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