Karen Lawrence
Date of Birth:
Associations:
Awards:
2002 The Worshipful Company of Glass Sellers’ of London’, awarded at the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of London.
2001 British Crafts in Japan, Finalist sponsered by the DTI.
Commissions:
Public and Private Collections:
Castle Museum, Norfolk, England.
International Glas Museum, Ebeltoft, Denmark.
Musée de Verre, Sars Poteries, France.
Dan Klein.
Education: 1980-83 BA (Hons) 1st Class 3D Design, specialising in Jewellery, Metalwork and Glassblowing, Buckinghamshire College Of Design, High Wycombe.
Group Exhibitions:
1983–84
Young Blood Barbican Centre, London.
New Contemporaries ICA, London.
1985
Castle Museum, Norfolk, England.
Das Meer im Glas Monica Trujen Gallery, Bremen, Germany.
1986
Flacons Kunst im Glas, Munich, Germany.
Verre Nouveau Galerie D’Amon, Paris, France.
Contemporary British Glass Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
1987
Charles de Temple, Piccadilly, London.
Contemporary British Glass Solomon Gallery, Dublin, Eire.
Kunst im Glas, Munich, Germany.
British Glass Galerie de Vier Linden, Asperen, Netherlands.
Strange and Rare Broadfield House Glass Museum, England.
Strange and Rare Pilkington Glass Museum, England.
1988
The International Exhibition of Glass Kanazawa, Japan.
Glas Galerie, Koln, Germany.
Galerie D’Amon, Paris, France.
Galerie L, Hamburg, Germany.
1989
Klute Gallery, Vienna, Austria.
Cecilia Colman Gallery, London.
1999
New York International Contemporary Arts
2000
Contemporary Decorative Arts, Sotheby’s, London.
Glass Relief Panels for Axtell House Foyer, Soho, London.
2001
‘Pate De Verre’ Fusion Gallery, London.
White Gallery, Brighton, England.
2002
‘Splash’, Shire Hall Gallery, Staffordshire Museums, Stafford.
The Grosvenor House Art & Antiques Fair
The Winter Collection, Cowdy Gallery, Newent, Goucestershire.
Solo Exhibitions:
Travel: Nationally, Yes Internationally, Yes
Press Quotes:
Maker's Statement:
Karen Lawrence works molten glass from the furnace, drawing it out into fine threads or plunging it into cold water causing it to fragment into tiny granules. Her designs are built up from these elements. The glass is formed into three dimensional structures, architectural panels and installations and cast in a kiln.
"My work is inspired by natural phenomena, such as geological formations,
fossilised structures and the arctic ice floes of the polar landscape."
Studio visits are welcome.
Commissioning Procedure
Individual pieces for both interior and exterior use may be commissioned. These often involve lighting and mixed media. It is usual for Karen to work with her clients to arrive at the finished
design through a process of discussion, working drawings and samples.
Karen is happy to travel to view potential sites and clients may visit the studio by appointment.
Pricing Policy
Pricing is dependent on the nature and complexity of the work.
On large scale work this is usually achieved through a series of instalment payments made throughout the period of the making of the piece. Dates for these payments and for the delivery of the work being set at the outset of the commission.
Smaller individual pieces are available with prices starting from £280.
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