Sage Gateshead, Tyne & Wear

Address

Sage Gateshead, St Mary’s Square, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead NE8 2JR

Recommended by

Andrew Moor (10)

Highlight

200m curved, structural stained glass balustrade

Artist, maker and date

Reason for highlighting

Kate Maestri’s design displays a certain confidence on the part of the artist, as so little seems to be happening. The idea is so simple, yet the result is surprisingly potent. It opens up a strong and positive dialogue with the architecture, without being subservient or merely ornamental.

Artist/maker notes

Kate Maestri 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

Highlighted dates at this location

2004 (Go to date search)