Previous AA2A Artist

Beccy Feather
My work is concerned with exploring the visceral and organic qualities of glass. My projects use visual inspiration from anatomy and bone structures, the works illustrate a dissection or an autopsy of the glass exploring cause and circumstances of its existence.
It is the process of glass blowing itself that inspires and stimulates me. I am passionate about the glass making process; I find the challenge thrilling and highly rewarding.
My visual inspiration comes from nature, mainly skeletons and bone structures, I analyse natural form, structure and shape and use this to develop my work into highly abstract interpretations. I work directly with the source material to interpret these skeletal themes into the glass. I experiment with techniques and evolve processes throughout the project; this contributes and determines the form and structure of the finished pieces.
I will be using the University's facilities to further and develop these themes. I often use a wide range of techniques and glass forming methods; often combining many different processes into one piece. I have recently been experimenting with cold working processes and will be using them again for this project. I will be blowing work that will then be cold worked and then re-heated and hot-formed. Experimenting with form, surface and texture.