Claudia Phipps Date of Birth: 1979 Associations: Awards: Commissions: 2002 Six windows for entrance to Serenity Spa, Seaham Hall Hotel, County Durham. Private commission for front door, Whitley Bay. 2000 Private commission. Window for an internal door. Commission for Cleadon Park Nursery School. 1999 Ten week work placement with Phoenix Hot Glass Studio. September 1999 to February 2000. Commission. Five windows for Hartlepool General Hospital. Education: 2001 University of Sunderland BA/hons (1st class). Glass, Architectural Glass and Ceramics. Group Exhibitions: 2003 "Blast!" Showcase of work by Glass artists from the North East. The gallery in Cork Street. London. 2002 "Glassworks". 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe. Diversity. Group exhibition, National Glass Centre, Sunderland New Directions. Shipley Art Gallery, Gateshead. 2001 New Designers. Islington Design Centre. Islington. Degree Show. Ashburne House, Sunderland. 2000 Dry Run 2000 Exhibition, National Glass Centre. Sunderland. Permanent display in Gt. Ormond St. Hospital, London, Troskuni, Lithuania, and Kamenicky Senov Glass Museum, Czech Republic. Solo Exhibitions: Travel: Nationally, Yes Internationally, Yes Press Quotes: Maker's Statement: Revealing what lies beyond or through the glass has been important in my work. The process of layering is something I find intriguing in art and it relates very closely to working with glass, a material which naturally lets you see through and beyond. I have been developing skills in sandblasting and engraving and acid etching. With these processes of 'taking away' I am able to texture the glass and create linear marks which I have been developing in my sketchbook and glass work. I can reveal layers of glass, each sheet adding to the one behind it and recreating itself. Investigating glass as a material, I have been examining 'revealing' as a means of creating. In the Tao Ti Ching, Lao Zi wrote: " Doors and windows are cut to build a room, but it is the enclosure that furnishes a shelter. As we benefit from that which exists, let us recognise the utility of that which does not." I have been exploring the relationship with the seen and the unseen. The material and space, and how one exists in the other as form. Commissioning Procedure Abrasive techniques in glass, ie. processes of ‘taking away’ include sandblasting, engraving and acid etching as well as drilling. The investigation looks at the possibilities of using these processes on coloured glass to combine tests, and to create multi -layered images. In this way it is possible to create images in which there is an appearance of depth in the glass. Glass as a transmitter of light reacts in a very specific way to tints and hues. The way in which the colours work together in glass is important to understand. Because of the direct relationship between light and colour, combining both colour and texture in glass is very different from working with pigment on a canvas. To analyse this, a series of tests have been developed which can be arranged in many different formats. The arrangement of tests has been deeply personal, as colour is by nature a subjective element. The tests should create a piece or pieces which could demonstrate effective colour combinations, and use of textures and different processes. The results of the investigations can be seen in the series of photographs and the framed pieces. Some of the tests have been displayed so that the viewer is able to make his / her own arrangements and carry out a private investigation. Pricing Policy Claudia makes unique architectural glass, ie. glass designed to fit into a particular architectural space. Her pieces start from £300. VAT Registered: No
I have been exploring the relationship with the seen and the unseen. The material and space, and how one exists in the other as form. Commissioning Procedure Abrasive techniques in glass, ie. processes of ‘taking away’ include sandblasting, engraving and acid etching as well as drilling. The investigation looks at the possibilities of using these processes on coloured glass to combine tests, and to create multi -layered images. In this way it is possible to create images in which there is an appearance of depth in the glass. Glass as a transmitter of light reacts in a very specific way to tints and hues. The way in which the colours work together in glass is important to understand. Because of the direct relationship between light and colour, combining both colour and texture in glass is very different from working with pigment on a canvas. To analyse this, a series of tests have been developed which can be arranged in many different formats. The arrangement of tests has been deeply personal, as colour is by nature a subjective element. The tests should create a piece or pieces which could demonstrate effective colour combinations, and use of textures and different processes. The results of the investigations can be seen in the series of photographs and the framed pieces. Some of the tests have been displayed so that the viewer is able to make his / her own arrangements and carry out a private investigation. Pricing Policy Claudia makes unique architectural glass, ie. glass designed to fit into a particular architectural space. Her pieces start from £300. VAT Registered: No
The tests should create a piece or pieces which could demonstrate effective colour combinations, and use of textures and different processes. The results of the investigations can be seen in the series of photographs and the framed pieces. Some of the tests have been displayed so that the viewer is able to make his / her own arrangements and carry out a private investigation. Pricing Policy Claudia makes unique architectural glass, ie. glass designed to fit into a particular architectural space. Her pieces start from £300. VAT Registered: No
Pricing Policy Claudia makes unique architectural glass, ie. glass designed to fit into a particular architectural space.
Her pieces start from £300.
VAT Registered: No
