Aline Johnson
After graduating in Holland in Fashion Design, Aline worked in Italy for many companies such as Fiorucci and Benetton. On moving to England she felt moved to translate her fascination for colour, pattern and surface texture into a new medium and so she studied Architectural Glass at Central St Maritn's School of Art and Design, London. Her inspiration is fuelled byher infinity for the Jurassic coat of Dorset where she spends a lot of time. The Vibrant palette of Beach Stripes on Windbreaks and deckchairs translates with easeinot the bright platters of fused glass. The natural beauty of the pebbles, the textures of the sand and the spiralling forms of ammonites are used to create texture in the glass. The sparkling translucency, the fluidity and the ever-changing colour-palette of the sea have immediate relevance to working with kiln-formed glass and provide an infinate source of inspiration.
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Commissions:
Spring 2003 Commission for Dish restaurant in Great Dunmow, Essex - fused striped glass dish and matching wall lights
Winter 2002 Commissioned striped fused wall lights for The White House Hotel, Brighton
Winter 2002 Residential commission for fused glass wallpanel, Bournemouth
Summer 2002 Recycled kilnworked glass platters for an Educational and Horticultural award, commissioned by Bexley Council, London
Spring 2001 Residential glass panel, 13 Alwyne Road, N1, London – “ammonites”
Spring 2001 Public art consultancy work for Freeform Arts Trust, regeneration of housing estates around Kings Cross working with the “Green Bottle Project”, recycled glass for architectural use
1999 – 2000 Residential glass commissions:
- Free-hanging handprint panels in glass, Richmond
- Interior glass panel of hand and footprints, Notting Hill
- Bathroom glass panel, Highgate
August 1999 Mosaic project with patients of Great Ormand Street Hospital, for display in the Mildred Creek unit
Education:
2000-2001 NVQ Design Level 3 in Public Art with the Freeform Arts Trust, London
1999-2000 Glass-casting and Mouldmaking course at Westminster Adult Education, London
1998-2000 Postgraduate Diploma courses at Central St. Martins College for Art and Design in “Glass and Architecture ”and “Glass and Fine Art”, London
1996-1998 Stained Glass courses at City Lit, London
1995-1997 Mosaics courses at City Lit and at Mosaic Workshop, London
1980-1985 College for Art and Design, Arnhem, Holland – Diploma in Fashion Design
Group Exhibitions:
Feb 2003 London College of Fashion, Oxford Circus “Design Detail” Show
Dec 2002 Christmas Art and Design Show, The Midland Grand, St. Pancras, London
Nov 2002 Open studio at Cockpit Arts
July 2002 “Exposure” at New Designers, Business Design Centre, London
June 2002 Open studio at Cockpit Arts
Nov 2001 Open studio at Cockpit Arts
April 2001 “Extulset” mixed exhibition in St. Augustine’s Church, Highgate, with glass lightbox “Linear Meditation”
Feb 2001 Freeform exhibition of Public Art Design course at Islington Museum
1998-2000 Glass exhibitions at Cochrane Theatre, Central St. Martins
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Travel: Nationally, Yes Internationally, Yes
Press Quotes:
March 2003 Time Out Magazine
March 2003 Financial Times “How to spend it” Magazine
Nov 27 2002 Evening Standard Homes & Property
July 2002 Arena Magazine
June 23 2002 Telegraph Magazine
June 2002 Design Week
June 2002 Intra Magazine
Maker's Statement:
From her studio at Cockpit Arts, Aline designs and fabricates architectural glass panels to commission for residential and public use. Translating her architectural glasswork into kiln-formed studio glass (decorative platters and wall-lights) has proved to be successful, selling through galleries in London, Dorset and Devon.
Her inspiration is fuelled by her affinity for the Dorset coastline where she spends some of her time. The linear loud beach stripes on windbreaks and deckchairs translate beautifully into bright striped platters of fused glass. The natural beauty of the pebbles, sand and ammonites are used directly in moulds for slumping glass. The sparkling translucency and fluidity of the sea has immediate relevance to working with kiln-formed glass and proves to be an endless source of inspiration/ideas.
One of her aims for the future is to collaborate with interior designers and architects to incorporate her glass designs on a wider scale.
Studio visits are welcome.
Commissioning Procedure
On the architetural glass I do house visits in London to visit the site an talk through the client's brief, accordingly I'll produce samples in Glass and/ or sketches. ( I will charge £100- for intial visit an dproduction of sketches and samples plus travel expenses.)
For Tableware I usually work to the client's colour brief. For lighting I am willing to produce glass samples for approval, depending on the size of the commssion.
Pricing Policy
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