The UK has some great glass artists - ones that are moving narrative or content driven glass forward. Erin Dickson and Jeffrey Sarmiento are two such artists, and they had collaborated on this work titled "Emotional Leak". Both artists work out of England's University of Sunderland, and with access to waterjet cutters, have exploited that resource to their artistic end. From Erin's artist statement: "my works takes on...the intersection of glass and architecture. As an architect by
training, and more recently a glass designer, I use my own experience to
evaluate how glass can be manipulated to suit both intentions. When glass is
used in architecture, it is too often viewed as a separate component passed to
glass ‘specialists’ or artists for manipulation, it is allowed to become a
dissected part of the building. My aim is to remove glass from being just a
‘window’ and enable it to become an architectural design element of its own. My
work looks at non-traditional methods of using space and light, using glass to
manipulate a viewer’s experience of place."
Below is a video of the construction of Emotional Leak -
Emotional Leak Construction from Sarmiento Glass on Vimeo.
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