Richard Glass Exhibition - Glass designer-maker @ 45 Southside

Richard Glass - Popular Plymouth Glass artist's first solo exhibition

45 Southside, Plymouth's only gallery for contemporary applied art, is starting the spring exhibition program with a show for glass artist Richard Glass. It is the popular Plymouth artist's first solo exhibition of his blown glass work.
Richard has quickly established himself as an artist known for his energetic, yet precise and well balanced, elegant glass sculptures. His works make innovative use of colour and movement within the glass and are always finished to a high standard.
Richard says that his designs “feel a little retro but have a contemporary twist”. He hopes that, “the last pieces of glass I ever make will be close to my very first efforts... Only by then they will be informed and refined”
Richard Glass was born in Plymouth. He studied Fine Art at Southampton Institute where he experimented with projects involving light and transparency, using salt, fat and sugars for casting. This experimental work led him to an interest in glass … “as well as having an apt last name … ”.
Richard relished the idea of learning a skill, feeling that craftsmanship validated his work as an artist. He returned to Plymouth and was awarded an HND in Ceramics and Glass followed by an honours degree in Applied Art from Plymouth College of Art and Design.
Richard gained further experience working at Dartington Crystal as a production glassmaker, leaving Dartington Crystal and Devon to study glass design, gaining a Masters Degree from Sunderland University in 2003.
After returning to the South-West he realised his ambition to have his own studio identity, ‘Fluid Glass". In 2005 Richard moved his studio to Teign Valley Glass at Bovey Tracey, where he is developing his own line of high quality decorative and sculptural glass.
Richard will be exhibiting brand new work and designs as well as work from his "Splash" series of sculptures and vases inspired by the fluidity of the material. The exhibition will run at 45 Southside in Plymouth from 8th of March 2012 - 17th April 2012. There will be an opening view with the chance to meet Richard on the afternoon of Sunday, 11th March 2012 from 2.30pm onwards.
For details, please see http://www.45southside.co.uk or ring 01752 224974.

For more information visit http://www.45southside.co.uk/pdf/RichardGlass-Flyer.pdf