During December + January, I was busily completing my
Museumaker commission for
The Beaney Art Gallery and Museum in Canterbury. After a couple of shifts in focus from my original proposal, it was decided that I would create some 'Loose Threads' windows: an interpretation of my acrylic sculptures into laminated glass. The windows are just over 2 metres in height, and the widest centre panel is 86cm. Huge thanks to Rodney at
Innovative Glass Products for his brilliant help in making the windows.
The Museum is currently closed for redevelopment, due to reopen to great fanfare in the summer of 2012. The windows have now been put in storage and are due to be installed in the Autumn, so for the time being I can just share with you these photos of the windows being made.
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| The Beaney Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury |
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| The new extension designed by John Miller and Sidell Gibson Architects |
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| The window, marking the juncture between the old and the new building |
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| The selected design in gradating reds to orange |
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| One of the finished panels in the Innovative Glass Products workshop |
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| Detail of the cotton, linen and silk threads laminated in toughened low iron glass |
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| Detail of the cotton, linen and silk threads laminated in toughened low iron glass |
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| Two of the panels side by side in the Innovative Glass Products workshop |
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| The centre panel and lunette |
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