Claudia Phipps Architectural Glass » engraved

The Sower, Laverton

claudia.phipps — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:19:51 +0000

The Sower at St. Mary’s Laverton was a memorial window, created in memory of a man who was both a farmer and church warden at Laverton for 57 years. The theme of the Sower was very appropriate.

Cascade

claudia.phipps — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:29:56 +0000

Cascade was developed from the chandelier for Pizza Express. It uses found glass objects which have been engraved, and beach glass as well as kiln-formed glass bottles. It is about the life cycle of a glass object, from being prized and valued to discarded and then re-used. This piece is currently for sale. Please enquire by email.

Study Window. 2003.

claudia.phipps — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:51:30 +0000

This study window is fused and engraved over 2 layers. it uses just clear glass, which can sometimes be as striking and just as beautiful as coloured glass. The work is entirely abstract, and was great fun to make.

Shoal

claudia.phipps — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 14:56:17 +0000

Shoal is a sculpture created from engraved glass elements which are suspended from wires in front of a rose window in a former chapel. The large window needed some colour, but it seemed inappropriate to use stained glass in a building which has been converted to a home. This more sculptural solution refers back to stained glass, while freeing the glass from the constraints of the space. Shoal formed the centrepiece in my 2010 exhibiton “Life on Mars, Unweaving the rainbow” in Frome.