24, 25, 26 September
Taste in transit
76 Holland Park
London W11 3SL
England
Monique Deul
Director & Founder Taste Contemporary Craft
www.tastecontemporarycraft.com
22 augustus – 6 september
Glas im Glashaus
Galerie Welti Glaskunst
Heinrich Heine Allee 15
40213 Düsseldorf
Duitsland
Meteorites & Coral Reefs
2005-2006
In the early nineties, my brightly coloured ceramic objects met with outstanding recognition. I had developed a skin of varnish, pigment and sand. In introducing colours to the medium, till then possible in painting only, unprecedented opportunities emerged.
As a follow up to the sand-coloured ceramic objects, I explored combining iridescent glass, clay, sand, pigments and metal powders, thus trying to bridge the gap between the familiar and the unfamiliar. I created a malleable mass with a coral like appearance.
For the objects Meteorite and Coral reef, iridescent glass elements were blown (technique beginning nineteenth century – glass houses Daum and Tiffany). With this work I test the boundaries of what is possible and question the relationship between Ceramic and Glass, between decoration and ‘autonomy’, whilst uniting tradition with innovation.
14 – 19 Juni 2016
DESIGN / BASEL
Gal. Pierre Marie Giraud
Messe Basel
Messeplatz 10
4058 Basel
Zwitserland
https://www.artbasel.com/basel
http://www.pierremariegiraud.com
4 – 8 mei 2016
Collective Design
(J. Lohmann Gallery)
Skylight Clarkson SQ
New York City
USA
http://collectivedesignfair.com
http://www.jlohmanngallery.com
30 April – 2 Mei 2016
Artmonte-Carlo (Taste Contemporary Craft)
palexpo SA
Route françois-peyrot 30
1218 le grand-saconnex
Suisse
Meteorite & Coral Reef
In the early nineties, my brightly coloured ceramic objects met with outstanding recognition. I had developed a skin of varnish, pigment and sand. In introducing colours to the medium, till then possible in painting only, unprecedented opportunities emerged.
As a follow up to the sand-coloured ceramic objects, I explored combining iridescent glass, clay, sand, pigments and metal powders, thus trying to bridge the gap between the familiar and the unfamiliar. I created a malleable mass with a coral like appearance.
For the objects Meteorite and Coral reef, iridescent glass elements were blown (technique beginning nineteenth century – glass houses Daum and Tiffany). With this work I test the boundaries of what is possible and question the relationship between Ceramic and Glass, between decoration and ‘autonomy’, whilst uniting tradition with innovation.
Fusing
Tijdens een werkperiode in Japan kwam ik in aanraking met de techniek van het glassfusen – het versmelten van meerdere lagen vlakglas. Omdat de techniek mij fascineerde zocht ik naar toepassingsmogelijkheden met een decoratieve functie in een gebruiksvoorwerp. In nauwe samenwerking met meubelontwerper Godfried Brands ontstonden drie monumentale kasten, waarin glas en hout zijn geïntegreerd.
De geest van het Bauhaus, waar een intensieve wisselwerking tussen kunstenaars van verschillende disciplines in hun ateliers en ambachtslieden in hun werkplaatsen ten dienste stond van het eindproduct, zet zich in deze samenwerking voort.
