Description:

Simon Moore Art Glass Bowl, 1995, signed and dated approx  h. 6  1/2  in., dia. 11 3/4 in

PURPLE GROUP

Using a range of techniques, a background colour or colours are introduced and trails of molten glass applied to make the marks. 'Like painting with molten glass.'

Simon was originally planning to become a set designer working in the theatre but, at the age of thirteen, inspired by a BBC documentary about the Japanese national treasure Shoji Hamada he started building kilns in the garden and making pottery. There followed a chance encounter a few years later with ‘handmade glass’ and the drama of intense heat and fire, combined with the dictates of time constraints, revealed his calling. When creating glass you only have seconds to get it right and this imperative is what inspires Simon.

Several techniques are consistently applied. Thinly blown base colour with layers of soft molten colours are added while the temperature of the kiln is carefully controlled.

"There's no point working with cold glass, I'd have been a glass cutter instead. It's when it moves, that thrills me - and how to fashion it for me becomes the challenge."

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Clean no chips. Scratches on bottom from gallery display.

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