‘Glasswear’
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‘Glasswear’

£350.00

Clare Bowe is interested in the visual language of textiles, its history and value within society, and how it is used within the everyday. She wanted to explore how glass can portray its inherent qualities of both fragility and strength.

 

She used macrame knotting techniques with fine wire to create an open pliable netting. Hot pulled glass rods are later cut to form rings of glass. They create repetitive patterns representing a binding together of fragments or cycles to form a new whole. This piece can be used, touched, and seen, wrapping our form. Clare wanted to use this tactility and the associations of touch and intimacy with the body to empower the wearer.

 

Materials: glass, fine wire

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Artist Bio

Clare Bowe is a glass artist and an art educator. She graduated from the National College Of Art and Design in 2001 with a BA in Glass and Art History. Her work is in the collection of The National Museum Of Ireland, Farmleigh House (Art Of The State Collection) and Huntingbrook Gardens.She is currently on the board of The Glass Society Of Ireland and curated an exhibition of members work in the outdoor setting of Huntingbrook Gardens.

The most recent exhibition her work was selected for was ‘ReView’ and the film from this exhibition has been shown at GAS Film Festival in Berlin.

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