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Double height, curved, ceramic enamel and mirrored glass reception wallArtist, maker and date
Designed by Kate Maestri and made by Proto Glass Studios, 2011Reason for highlighting
This is glass cladding, otherwise call back painted glass, that reveals what a real artist can do with something so ordinary. Technically also difficult to achieve.
Artist/maker notes
Kate Maestri (b.1968) is a London based artist, who specialises in the innovative use of contemporary architectural glass. She works to commission in collaboration with architects and engineers across a wide range of site-specific projects.
Her work is in the tradition of Josef Albers and those who have followed on afterwards in the exploration of interactive colours.
Source: Colours of Architecture: Coloured Glass in Contemporary Buildings by Andrew Moor, Mitchell Beazley, 2006
Proto Glass Studios are Wiltshire based, specialist manufacturers of bespoke and custom designed decorative glass including etched glass, fritted glass, acid etched, mirror glass, digital printing on glass, screen printing on glass and stained glass.
For further information and examples of the company’s work see Proto Glass Studios