Lancelot Place, Knightsbridge, London SW7
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Glass monolith and glass wallsArtist, maker and date
Designed by Graham Jones and made by Proto Glass Studios, 2007Reason for highlighting
This wonderful work of public art, located opposite Harrods’s, starts on the pavement outside the building and continues as a wall of glass through to the interior reception. The work is made using transparent enamels on toughened, laminated glass with small discs of real stained glass (mouth-blown glass) bonded on the surface.
Artist/maker notes
Graham Jones (b.1958) studied stained glass at Swansea College of Art, where he won both the major prizes for stained glass students, and completed his first commission. He has since gone on to produce work for religious, corporate and civic buildings around the world. Initially he worked exclusively in leaded glass, but then increasingly began using enamelled colour on large panels of float glass. A liberating experience, which has also encouraged others to explore new possibilities in stained glass.
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Graham Jones website
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: Proto Glass Studios